5. An archeologist and a soldier are both trying to attain a valuable ark that sits on a frictionless, frozen lake. Each one has an effectively massless rope attached to the 100 kg ark and are pulling in the directions shown in the figure. A) If the competition for the ark is at a standstill, and the archeologist is pulling with a force of 2000 N, what is the tension of the soldier's rope? T30° Soldier Archeologist Ark Frozen Lake B) If the lake ice can support a maximum force of 300 N before cracking, does the ark start to fall through the ice in thissituation?

5. An archeologist and a soldier are both trying to attain a valuable ark that sits on a frictionless, frozen lake. Each one has an effectively massless rope attached to the 100 kg ark and are pulling in the directions shown in the figure. A) If the competition for the ark is at a standstill, and the archeologist is pulling with a force of 2000 N, what is the tension of the soldier's rope? T30° Soldier Archeologist Ark Frozen Lake B) If the lake ice can support a maximum force of 300 N before cracking, does the ark start to fall through the ice in thissituation?

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

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