Calculating Tension for Rope Crossings with Angles & Weight

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Hello, my physics teacher gave us a tension problem. In class we have done these, but never with angles and weight, I am so lost.

A man is in the process of cross two cliffs by a rope, pause to rest, He weighs 535N, he is closer to left cliff then the right cliff, with the results that the tension is not the same on the left and right sides of the rope. Calculate both tensions. The angle on the left side is 65 degrees and on the right side its 80 degrees.


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Hey Skuriakose,
You must show some attempt yourself before we can help you.