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in JEE by kratos

Michelle likes to swing on a tire tied to a tree branch in her yard, as in the figure.

a) If Michelle and the tire have a combined mass of 82.5 kg, and Elwin pulls Michelle back far enough for her to make an angle of 30.0° with the vertical, what is the tension in the rope supporting Michelle and the tire?

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by kratos
 
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First, redraw the forces so that they are connected head to tail in a triangle. This allows you to use rules of trigonometry to solve for the tension, F.

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