A 350 kg couch is suspended from two chains that form 60 degree angles with a horizontal ceiling. How much weight does each chain support?

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Q: The  figure  shows  a  100.kg  box  suspended from the extreme  side of the  horizontal   truss.…

A: In this problem we will use condition of static equilibrium.

Q: The two trees in the figure are 6.7 m apart. A back- packer is trying to lift his pack out of the…

A: The mass of the backpack is m=2 kg The distance between two trees d=6.7 m The midpoint is y=1.7 m

Q: The anchor rope of a sailboat is a nylon rope of length 60 m and diameter 1.3 cm. While anchored…

A: Given: The length of the rope is 60 m. The diameter is 1.3 cm. The force is 1.8x104 N.

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Q: A 20.0-m-long uniform beam weighing 880 N rests on walls A and B, as shown in the figure (Figure 1).…

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Q: A 1.6 kg book is pressed against a wall with a perpendicular force. The coefficient of friction is…

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Q: A box A of mass M (M = 29kg) is positioned as shown. The coefficient of static friction between the…

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Q: A sign hangs at the end of a 3.0 m pole of mass 12 kg. The support wire makes an angle of 37° with…

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Q: A 100-Ib box is suspended from two ropes that each make an angle of 40 0 with the vertical. Find the…

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Q: A persons head is bent over a book. The head weighs P=37.2 N and is supported by the muscle force Fm…

A: Given values, Weight of head, W =37.2 N

Q: A traffic light with a weight of 122 N is suspended from a support with cables, making angles of 37°…

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Q: A student's head is bent over her physics book. The head weighs P = 25.6 N and is supported by the…

A: Given head weight=p=25.6Nmuscle force =Fm→=60.0N, 35° below the horizontalwe have to…

Q: (a) A 2.25 kg salami is supported by a cord that runs to a spring scale, which is supported by…

A: Consider the given data as below. Mass of salami, m=2.25 kg Acceleration due to gravity, g=9.8 ms2

Q: A painter stands on a horizontal uniform scaffold hung by its ends from two vertical ropes 6 m…

A: Given A painter stands on a horizontal uniform scaffold hung by its ends from two vertical ropes 6 m…

Q: 10. A woman weighing 580 NV does a push up from her knees, as shown in the Figure. What are the…

A: Weight, W = 580 NDistance between knees and centre of mass, rk = 0.54 mDistance between hands and…

Q: Why would it be a dangerous mistake for a bungee jumper to use a steel cable instead of an elastic…

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Q: Find the tension T in the cable in the arrangement (a). Find the magnitude of the force exerted on…

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Q: A mass m is suspended from the ceiling by two strings that each make an angle 6 as shown. What is…

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Q: A block is lifted by a plane inclined 20 ° with respect to the horizontal by means of a force F that…

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Q: (a) Calculate the tension (in N) in a vertical strand of spiderweb if a spider of mass 9.00 x 10 kg…

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Q: (a) Find the tension in each cable supporting the 536-N cat burglar. (Assume the angle θ of the…

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Q: The figure shows a sign in front of a hardware store that is supported by two wires. The horizontal…

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Q: A block of mass m = 1kg, to which a spring of spring constant k = 43N/m is attached, stands on a…

A: Given: m = 1 kg  k = 43 N/m  y = 14.8 cm = 0.148 m  g = 9.8 m/s2

Q: What would your bathroom scale read if you weighed yourself on an inclined plane? Assume the…

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Q: Consider the figure below. 0 (a) Find the tension in each cable supporting the 528-N cat burglar.…

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Q: When you lift an object by moving only your forearm, the main lifting muscle in your arm is the…

A: Given: Mass of forearm mforearm=1.3 kg Mass of ball, mball=600 gm Bicep and elbow distance,…

Q: The coefficient of static friction µs between the 83-lb body and the 14° wedge is 0.37. Determine…

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Q: A traffic light weighing 122 N hangs from a cable tied to two other cables fastened to a support as…

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Q: A warning sign inside an elevator of mans 367 kg indicates that the maximum load that it can carry…

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Q: In the figure to the right, spherical masses are suspended from strings of negligible mass in…

A: The scale reads what is creating a force on the scale. If the system under acceleration then the…

Q: A painter stands on a scaffold hung by its ends from two vertical ropes A and P, 6 m apart. The…

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Q: A 350 kg couch is suspended from two chains that form 60 degree angles with a horizontal ceiling.…

A: mass of the couch, m = 350 kg

Q: Four boxes, each weighing 100 N are suspended from a beam. What is the tension in each of the wires?

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Q: A block resting on a plane inclined at an angle e 32° from the horizontal is being held in place by…

A: From the figure we can see that the angle that the wire c makes with the vertical is, 90-42=48. The…

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Newton's First Law of Motion

If a very smooth ball is rolled down an inclined surface with zero friction, the ball will continue to roll indefinitely for an infinite time, in an attempt to reach to the same height on the opposite hill!