What is the tension in the string?
(I’m really having a hard time understanding this topic, and my professor isn’t helping much, so any extra explanation are greatly appreciated). The angles are 54.9205°.

What is the tension in the string Im really having a hard time understanding this topic and my professor isnt helping much so any extra explanation are greatly class=

Respuesta :

If you look at the sketch I drew for the earlier part of this question, you'll see that, with respect to the positive horizontal (i.e. directly to the right), T₁ makes an angle of 180° - 54.9205° ≈ 125°, while T₂ makes an angle of 54.9205° ≈ 55°.

Split up the force acting on the block into vertical and horizontal components. We have

• net vertical force

F = T₁ sin(125°) + T₂ sin(55°) - mg = 0

where m = 0.56 kg, and

• net horizontal force

F = T₁ cos(125°) + T₂ cos(55°) = 0

Both net forces are 0 because the block is suspended in equilibrium.

Notice that cos(125°) = -cos(55°), so the second equation tells you that T₁ = T₂ and that the tensions in either string are the same. Also, sin(125°) = sin(55°).

Then in the first equation, we have

T₁ sin(125°) + T₂ sin(55°) - mg = 0

2 T₁ sin(55°) = mg

T₁ = mg/(2 sin(55°))

T₁ = (0.56 kg) (9.8 m/s²)/(2 sin(55°))

T₁ ≈ 3.35 N