A water skier is pulled behind a boat by a rope. The rope has a tension of 650 N and is at an angle of 27°. What is the y-component of the tension?

A. 579 N
B. 295 N
C. 265 N
D. 330 N

Question

A water skier is pulled behind a boat by a rope. The rope has a tension of 650 N and is at an angle of 27°. What is the y-component of the tension?

 		A.	579 N
 		B.	295 N
 		C.	265 N
 		D.	330 N

anonymous · Answer

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after you draw your free body diagram, you can see that your x and y components of the tension along with the original tension of the string create a right triangle. to find the y component set up the equation 650N * sin(27), you should get 295N or B.