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Saladsamurai
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I know this is an Engineering problem, but it's the Physics part of it I am having trouble with. The part I am stuck on is finding the TENSION in the cable from where theta=20 and then again where it equals 50.
I have drawn a free-body, but I am having a really hard time finding out what I am doing wrong. I thought I could just use [itex]\sum F_y=0\Rightarrow -5000-T\sin50=0[/itex] which is blatantly incorrect! So I think I need to include the vertical reaction force at A which I can't seem to find
I have drawn a free-body, but I am having a really hard time finding out what I am doing wrong. I thought I could just use [itex]\sum F_y=0\Rightarrow -5000-T\sin50=0[/itex] which is blatantly incorrect! So I think I need to include the vertical reaction force at A which I can't seem to find