@ phizkid the "13 g" doesn't denote the mass, I think you mistook the g as a gram rather than the acceleration of gravity. Yoy're correct in mentioning that the system is motionless so that's why the net force is 0 for both the x and y components.
Homework Statement
The big sign below (see attached image) is 13 kg and the small sign is 4 kg. Find the tension in all 4 cables. Homework Equations
Fnet= Fa +FbThe Attempt at a Solution
ƩFx= T2cos38 - T1cos51=0
T2=T1cos51/cos38
ƩFy=T1sin51 + (T1cos51/cos38)sin38 - 127.4 -39.2 = 0
T1=131.303
Homework Statement
4.9b cites the y components to be sin degree and 4.9a is somehow cos degree for the x components (see picture)
Homework Equations
Here's a different textbook that supports my claim (see picture)
The Attempt at a Solution
Shouldn't the y components for problem 4.9b be cos...