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

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

anonymous · Answer

where is the picture?

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

those being in newtons of course

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

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