Question

Help please!
A weight of 800 pounds us suspended from two cables as shown. What is the tension of the two cables?

Answer 1

where is the picture?

Answer 2

I'm assuming we are making the acceleration of gravity as 9.8 right?

Answer 3

yes

Answer 4

did you just want the answer or did you want how to do it?

Answer 5

ok so i do believe that the tension in the string that has a 15 degree angle is 3015 and the tension in the other angle should be 4839.5

Answer 6

those being in newtons of course

Answer 7

Can you explain how you got it? I want to understand to do the problem please.

Answer 8

ok so first you have to set up the free body diagram