An office safe was lowered from an office building by two cables attached to buildings on opposite sides of the street. At one point in time the angles formed with the buildings by the cables were 76 and 42 degrees. If the safe weighed 1250 pounds what is the weight on each cable at that point in time.

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caozeyuan · Answer

draw your diagram

anonymous · Answer

|dw:1449616096116:dw|not sure where the weight goes

caozeyuan · Answer

where is the safe?

anonymous · Answer

The box at the bottom of the two cables
the buildings are the verticals lines on the side

caozeyuan · Answer

yes, so now you know where is the weight

anonymous · Answer

Yeah but how do I solve this

anonymous · Answer

I tries using law of sines and some triangle stuff but my outcome made no sense

caozeyuan · Answer

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