How Do You Calculate Tension in a Clothesline with a Hanging Mass?

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someone please help i have a test tomorrow!

Homework Statement


A single clothesline is attached to two poles 10.0 m apart. A pulley holding a mass of (|Fg| = 294 N) rolls to the middle of the line and comes to rest there. The middle of the line is 0.40M below each end . Determine the magnitude of the tension in the clothesline.

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