<p>A person has suspended a 100-N crate from two ropes of equal length, each making an angle of 20 degrees with the horizontal, and attached at a common point on the crate.
If one rope were 1.5 times as long as the other rope, what would the tension in each string? Assume the distance between the ropes and the total length of rope remain unchanged.
Thanks.</p>
<p>P.S. I am allowed to openly discuss this question.</p>
<p>Just because people are discussing problems in preparation for AP exams in this forum doesn’t mean you can turn it into homework help club.</p>
<p>^It’s just because my teacher doesn’t know how to solve it.</p>
<p>This looks more like a statics problem than a math problem.</p>
<p>Sorry I should have found another forum if I wanted to ask homework questions.</p>
<p>And off to Yahoo Answers he goes.</p>
<p>Does length influence tension?</p>
<p>This is just equilibrium. I don’t think length has to do with forces, it’s the geometry that is important.</p>
<p>I’ve figured it out.
BTW I didn’t resort to Yahoo.</p>
<p>…two ropes of equal length… one is 1.5 times as along as the other</p>
<p>huh?</p>
<p>
was the first part of the question, and
was the other part. </p>
<p>But I’ve figured the answer out.</p>
<p>
The tension at every point of the rope is the same provided that it is the same rope.</p>