Tension in Wire Connecting Rods A & B

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1. a wire is tied to one end of a rod A and another end B. A 10kg mass is hung from the midpoint of the wire,it forms two base angles of 20 degrees. What is the tension in the wire?

formula: mg/cos20 and am abit stuck
 
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In this case the tension is not only horizintal of vertcal but it has to componets.Try to analyze the tension.