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A car is being pulled out of the mud by two forces that are applied by the two ropes shown in the drawing. The dashed line in the drawing bisects the = 34.0° angle. The magnitude of the force applied by each rope is 3500 Newtons.
(I attached the image...)
How much force would a single rope need to apply to accomplish the same effect as the two forces added together?
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F= ma
I've tried to use trigonometry, although I don't believe that is the right approach. I can't figure out how any of the motion equations play into this, or how to use the F= ma approach. For some reason I don't even know how to begin the problem. I've tried some of the approaches I just listed, but all give me odd answers. Does anyone have any suggestions??
Thank you so much in advance.
~Phoenix
Homework Statement
A car is being pulled out of the mud by two forces that are applied by the two ropes shown in the drawing. The dashed line in the drawing bisects the = 34.0° angle. The magnitude of the force applied by each rope is 3500 Newtons.
(I attached the image...)
How much force would a single rope need to apply to accomplish the same effect as the two forces added together?
N
Homework Equations
F= ma
The Attempt at a Solution
I've tried to use trigonometry, although I don't believe that is the right approach. I can't figure out how any of the motion equations play into this, or how to use the F= ma approach. For some reason I don't even know how to begin the problem. I've tried some of the approaches I just listed, but all give me odd answers. Does anyone have any suggestions??
Thank you so much in advance.
~Phoenix
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