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Homework Statement
A 65kg rock climber is abseiling down a rock, consider the situation when he's in equilibrium and standing at an angle on the surface of the rock, hanging from a rope.
The rope is at an angle of 40 degrees to the horizontal, calculate the tension in the rope
Homework Equations
W = mg.
Knowledge about components of forces.
The Attempt at a Solution
I drew a free body diagram of the climber and used Newton's Third Law to form a right triangle with the tension as the hypotenuse which led me to sin 40 = W/T so T = W/sin 40. but the solution states that T = W sin 40 I don't understand why?