A 50 kg lamp is suspended by cables as shown. Determine the tension developed in cables OA,  OB, and OC.

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Q: An Angry Bird sits on a clothes line midway between the two poles (see diagram). If the combined…

A: To understand this situation we need to draw a free body diagram in which tension T is resolved in…

Q: An applied force of 6.2 N acts on a 2.1-kg object, pushing it horizontally across a surface where…

A: Given data :- applied force F = 6.2 N mass m = 2.1 kg coefficient of kinetic friction μk= 0.15

Q: Body A has weight of 80 kN. The coefficient of friction between A and B is 0.30 and between B and D…

A: Solution:-Given thatWA=80 kNμAB=0.3μBD=0.2WB=100 kN

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Q: A 6.00 kg box is pulled horizontally with a 40.0 N force that makes an angle of 50.0° with the…

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Q: Problem 8 Consider the scenario in the figure below. The weight of block 2 (hanging vertically) is…

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Q: A box with a weight of 50 N rests on a horizontal surface. A person pulls horizontally on it with a…

A: Given data: The weight of box is W=50 N. The horizontal force is FH=15 N. The coefficient of static…

Q: 4. The 6-m pole ABC is acted upon by a 455-N force as shown. The pole is held by a ball-and-socket…

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Q: A worker pulls a 15-kg crate in a straight line on a level surface by imparting a horizontal tension…

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Q: Situation 2. A 500 N block is resting on an inclined plane. See figure below. coefficient of static…

A: Given: The weight of the block is 500 N. The coefficient of the kinetic friction is 0.2. The…

Q: 27.9 kg lamp is suspended from the ceiling by two wires that each makes an angle of 27.4º with the…

A: Answer: The tension in the two ropes T1 and T2  is T1=T2=T=153.985N

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Q: A 5.00-kg box is initially at rest on a level surface. The coefficient of static friction between…

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Q: Problem 1: While training on the planet Dagobah, Luke Skywalker is asked by Yoda to hold a  block…

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Q: Situation 3. The force system shown consists of the couple C and four forces. If the resultant of…

A: The resultant of the system is 75000 N-mm counter-clockwise couple. Net force in the horizontal…

Newton’s Third Law of Motion

The horse pulls the cart and the cart pulls the horse in response as per Newton third law. So the big question is, “Don’t the two forces cancel each other? How does the cart accelerate?”