A question on towing through an angle

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Hello friends,

I have a situation where I am looking to pull a load and would like to better understand the forces involved.

In the first scenario I am pulling a load in a straight line, the load cell reads 10kN.

In the second scenario I would like to pull the same load at an angle of 150o around a pulley.
My first question is, would the load acting on the pulley simply be as suggested in the below diagram?
My second question is, would my load cell continue to read 10kN?

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Many thanks for your help in this delicate matter,

Tina :)
 
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