Solved: A sailor is being rescued using a boatswains chair that is suspended from a

Chapter 2, Problem 2.54

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A sailor is being rescued using a boatswains chair that is suspended from a pulley that can roll freely on the support cable ACB and is pulled at a constant speed by cable CD. Knowing that 25 = and 15 = and that the tension in cable CD is 80 N, determine (a) the combined weight of the boatswains chair and the sailor, (b) in tension in the support cable ACB.

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