Sorry for double posting but, I was absent today in school when we learned this, and my teacher expects me to know how to do this. My grandmother died and i had to go to her funeral. What do you mean by splitting them into x-y components, and isn't their only 2 vectors pointed out
Tension help?
Consider the 59 N weight held by two cables. The left-hand cable is horizontal.
What is the tension in the cable slanted
at an angle of 51◦? Answer in units of N.
What is the tension in the horizontal cable?
Answer in units of N
Homework Statement
59 N weight held by two cables. The left-hand cable is horizontal.
What is the tension in the cable slanted
at an angle of 51◦? Answer in units of N.
What is the tension in the horizontal cable?
Answer in units of N