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Thanks for your response tiny-tim! When I made the first diagram I was also confused, I couldn't see how it could be possibly right, but I though I missing something about the fundamentals of forces. So I drew up that second diagram, and although I knew that weight should be vertical, the...

Hello everyone, this is my first time posting to these forums, and my first time posting any online help regarding math. As you can imagine, this is a bit awkward and embarrassing for me. My textbook has no examples of the type of problem below and hours of googling has failed me. Hopefully...