Tension in two strings supporting 2.5N weight at 30° and 40°

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There is a teddy bear with a weight of 2.5 N suspended by two strings at 30º and at 40º. What is the tension of each string?

Let Theta1 be 30 and Theta2 be 40

I know that T1 sin Theta1 + T2 sin Theta2=mg

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rdl204 said:
I know that T1 sin Theta1 + T2 sin Theta2=mg
How did you define the angles? The sine here looks odd.
There is also another force balance you can use.