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Hey, I'm having problems with this questions
Sally’s car is stuck in a snow bank, but she is very knowledgeable about physics. She ties a rope from her car to a tree 25.0 m away and then pulls sideways on the rope at the midpoint. If Sydney applies a force of 425 N and draws the rope over a horizontal distance of 1.50 m, how much force is applied to the car?
I've drawn out a diagram
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b505/homework2012/q2_zps6d9f0975.jpg
How do i begin to solve this?
I think that the triangle formed will be an isosceles triangle so 2 angles are the same with 2 side lengths (T in 1st rope=2 in second rope)
Sally’s car is stuck in a snow bank, but she is very knowledgeable about physics. She ties a rope from her car to a tree 25.0 m away and then pulls sideways on the rope at the midpoint. If Sydney applies a force of 425 N and draws the rope over a horizontal distance of 1.50 m, how much force is applied to the car?
I've drawn out a diagram
http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b505/homework2012/q2_zps6d9f0975.jpg
How do i begin to solve this?
I think that the triangle formed will be an isosceles triangle so 2 angles are the same with 2 side lengths (T in 1st rope=2 in second rope)