What forces act on the suspended mass and is it in motion?

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I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this

A light string has its ends tied to two walls separated by a distance equal to 7L/8 the length of the string. A 95 kg mass is suspended from the center of the string, applying a tension in the string. What is the tension in the two strings of length L/ 2 tied to the wall?

The acceleration of
gravity is 9.8 m/s squared

Thank you in advance !
 
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