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Homework Statement
A 1100 kg steel beam is supported by two ropes. Each rope has a maximum sustained tension of 6200 N.
Then it shows a diagram of two ropes holding a steal beam at the center, both are angled out. The rope on the left is angled away at 20 deg from y axis. The rope on the right is angled 30 deg from y axis.
Homework Equations
Fnet = ma
The Attempt at a Solution
So basically I used substitution...
R1 = rope 1 (left)
R2 = rope 2 (right)
E = summation
F = Force
E(Fx) = MAx = 0
R2*sin(30) - R1*sin(20) = 0
R2*sin(30) = R1*sin(20)
R2 = R1*[sin(20)/sin(30)]
Plug that into sum of forces in y direction...
E(Fy) = MAy = 0
R1*cos(20) + R2*cos(30) - Mg = 0
R1*cos(20) + R2*cos(30) = Mg = 10791 N
plug in R2...
R1*[cos(20) + sin(20)/sin(30)] = 10791
R1 = 6645.96 N
Now I did it like this.. plugged that back into the original and got 4546.11 N for R2. However it was wrong. So I thought okay since the max tension is supposedly 6200 I'll use that as R1 and got 4241.05 for R2. Wrong again. Any ideas?