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Homework Statement
The relevant forces are tension in the rope, which acts in two directions on the object, and the force of gravity, the object's weight which acts down.
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9788/2kgut8.th.gif
Calculate the tension in the rope.
mass= 2.0 kg
tension force = unknown
Homework Equations
Force (tension) - Force (weight of mass) = 0 (because the system is in equilibrium).
The Attempt at a Solution
I put it up on image-shack:
http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0037hv3.jpg
I got 38 Newtons of tension on each rope. But the text tells me that I am wrong and that EACH string should equal 76 Newtons.
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