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Chapter 7, Problem 7.57(choose chapter or problem)
A mobile at the art museum has a 2.0 kg steel cat and a 4.0 kg steel dog suspended from a lightweight cable, as shown in FIGURE EX7.23. It is found that u1 = 20 when the center rope is adjusted to be perfectly horizontal. What are the tension and the angle of rope 3?
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QUESTION:
A mobile at the art museum has a 2.0 kg steel cat and a 4.0 kg steel dog suspended from a lightweight cable, as shown in FIGURE EX7.23. It is found that u1 = 20 when the center rope is adjusted to be perfectly horizontal. What are the tension and the angle of rope 3?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 4
Given data is:
Mass of the steel cat:
Mass of the steel dog:
Angle suspended by rope at point “a”:
It is given that the rope is in perfect equilibrium i.e it is horizontal. We will take one point at a time and solve for forces.