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A 76 kg person is being pulled away from a burning building as shown in figure. If the tensions in the two ropes when the person is momentarily motionless are equal T1=T2 and one of the two angels shown in figure is 30 degrees.
a) find the other angle
b) calculate the tension in the rope
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