Force on stuck car when rope pulls at an angle

sticky123 · Nov 25, 2009

1.

Diagram of a rope pulled sideways to a stuck car: a green line forms a triangle with a dashed horizontal baseline, labelled h = 10m, F = 500N, and l = 45cm -> 0.45m, with a red car outline at the right and a red circle at the left.

The car is stuck and the driver is trying to pull it, by pulling the rope in the center.
I need to know with what force is the rope working on the car ?

2.
F1^2 = (h/2)^2 + l^2

3.
I pretty much failed

sorry for my bad english.
Please, I need this answer ASAP

TVP45 · Nov 25, 2009

Draw a free body diagram for the apex of the rope.

Force on stuck car when rope pulls at an angle

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