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Homework Statement No actual work, could just use some assistance in understanding formulas involving the centroid of an object, specifically with integrals. For example, how would you understand the following formula(s) (as seen in part 2)? I understand that the centroid is the sum of all the...

Edit: Ignore those files. I was going to ask a follow-up question but upon creating those images and thinking about the question, it clicked!

I think I understand! The FA isn't actually an applied force. Well it is, but in terms of this problem it isn't. It's actually just addition upward tensional force on the upper cord FT1! This would, obviously, increase FT1 and in turn increase FT2. Thanks for the help and sorry for not using the...

These buckets are being suspended. The cords have no mass and each bucket is 3.5 kg. a.) Find the tension in the upper cord (T1) and the lower cord (T2) b.) If the apparatus is pulled upwards from the top of the upper cord, what are the new tensions of each cord? I understand the...