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So the tension on the vertical rope is 9.8N? same for the horizontal?

Vertically the direction of the tension in the rope should be upward. Horizontally the tension in the rope should be acting toward the wall?

This is the bit I am having trouble with. So the forces acting would be gravity pulling Z down, which needs an equal and opposite vector for equilibrium (upward). the vector of the diagonal of the parallelogram? Its got me royally stumped.

Vectors? - Gravity, equilibrium, constructed vectors for the ropes? Am i wayyyy off track?

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/6206/98546679.png Sorry, its just a quick mockup in paint of what I have on paper.

Sorry, I stuffed it up. fixed. I have drawn a basic diagram but just do not know the formulas etc Thanks.

Homework Statement A mass Z is suspended by a vertical rope attached to the roof, and a second rope attached horizontally to a wall. what is the tension in each rope if Z is hanging straight down? What are the rope tensions? Suppose Z has a mass of 800kg. what is the tension in the pair of...