Can a Rope Held by Macho Man Stay Perfectly Horizontal with a Weight?

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In summary, the question asks if a strong enough person, such as professional wrestler Randy “Macho Man” Savage, can keep a heavy mass suspended with a horizontal rope. The solution would involve drawing a free body diagram and writing equilibrium equations to determine the tension required to keep the rope in a horizontal position. It is suspected that the rope cannot be perfectly horizontal and the resulting calculations would support this suspicion.
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Homework Statement


In the figure professional wrestler Randy “Macho Man” Savage is suspending a 10 kg mass with a rope between his two hands. Is the strongest member of your team, or even the Macho Man, strong enough to keep a heavy mass stationary and the rope perfectly horizontal? Explain

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I don't know how to approach the question.
I'm suspecting that rope cannot be perfectly horizontal for now...
 
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If you had to draw a free body diagram of the 10 kg mass and the tension in the rope required to keep the mass suspended, what would this diagram look like? If you wrote some equilibrium equations for the mass, could you explain your suspicion about the tension required to keep the rope horizontal?
 
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What he said. Draw the free body diagram with the string making some angle to the horizontal. Write the equations. Work out what happens if that angle approaches zero.
 

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