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Homework Statement
A person of weight W stands on the ball of one foot. Find
the tension in the calf muscle and the force exerted by the shinbones
on the bones of the foot, in terms of W, a, and b. (The tension is a
measure of how tight the calf muscle has been pulled; it has units
of Newtons, and equals the amount of force applied by the muscle
where it attaches to the heel.) For simplicity, assume that all the
forces are at 90-degree angles to the foot. Suggestion: Write down
an equation that says the total force on the foot is zero, and another
equation saying that the total torque on the foot is zero; solve the
two equations for the two unknowns
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The Attempt at a Solution
I'm not sure what to do for this one.Am I suppose to do W=a*b?