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Since you mentioned A-levels, I will assume you are in the UK, I recently graduated from university so I may be able to offer some advice. One thing I do know is that a lot of universities in England have a Foundation Year option, aimed at students who either did not get the grades they needed...

Apologies for that, I missed it out when I was copying it from my pen and paper work, you're correct it should be, Tension in rope C x 4.5 metres = (60g x 5 metres) + (25g x 2.5 metres)

Yes, that makes sense. Thank you for the help.

Yes, when I say 85g I do mean (85 kg)*g, apologies, I should have made that clearer. Also I think I managed to get the answer, I chose to take moments about the point A, which, using the principle for moments in equilibrium that anticlockwise moments = clockwise moments, led me to, Tension in...

Homework Statement I have attached an electronic image of the problem to this post. The problem states that there is a beam (AB), which has length 5 metres and mass 25 kilograms. It also states the beam is suspended in a horizontal position by two vertical ropes. One rope is attached to the...