Please answer question number 6 and show your complete solution. Thank you very much. 5. Two locomotives on opposite banks of a canal pull a vessel moving parallel to the banks by  means of two horizontal ropes. The tensions in these ropes are 2000 N and 2400 N while the  angle between them is 600. Find the resultant pull on the vessel and the angle between each of  the ropes and the sides of the canal. 6. Rework problem # 5 if the cable tensions are 2000 lb and 1500 lb

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5. Two locomotives on opposite banks of a canal pull a vessel moving parallel to the banks by 
means of two horizontal ropes. The tensions in these ropes are 2000 N and 2400 N while the 
angle between them is 600. Find the resultant pull on the vessel and the angle between each of 
the ropes and the sides of the canal.


6. Rework problem # 5 if the cable tensions are 2000 lb and 1500 lb

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