Recent content by Malki92

i thought so too but then if I use -5 for beta ud get lower tension.. and for -10 you'd get about the same amount as of -5.

thanks for the reply, but well we havn't studied torque yet so we are supposed to use another way that depends on components of force vectors, we are currently studying statics in particles. so is there a way that is similar the solution I am using?

Homework Statement determine the value of Beta for which the tension in cable B is as small as possible, then find the corresponding tension. Given Alpha = 5 degrees and the weight of the object is 12kN This is an image of it http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/801/unledgsn.png/...