An audio speaker that weighs 50 pounds hangs from the ceiling of a restaurant from two cables as shown in the
figure. To two decimal places, what is the tension in the two cables?

i know the answer is:
right cable tension: 35.90
left cable tension: 41.59
but i need to see the work for it

Question

An audio speaker that weighs 50 pounds hangs from the ceiling of a restaurant from two cables as shown in the 
figure. To two decimal places, what is the tension in the two cables? 

i know the answer is: 
right cable tension: 35.90 
left cable tension: 41.59 
but i need to see the work for it

anonymous · Answer

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irishboy123 · Answer

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the thing sis not moving so there is no net force on it.  the forcesare the tensions in the cables and its weight, and these cancel out in the horizontal direction and vertical y direction.  thus you should create equations in the  x and y directions.  you have the angles that are needed to do this.