A window washer is standing on a scaffold supported by a vertical rope at each end. The scaffold weighs 202 N and is 2.8 m long. What is the tension in each rope when the 706–N worker stands 1.20 m from one end? SMALLER TENSION= _______N LARGER TENSION=  ________N

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A window washer is standing on a scaffold supported by a vertical rope at each end. The scaffold weighs 202 N and is 2.8 m long. What is the tension in each rope when the 706–N worker stands 1.20 m from one end?

SMALLER TENSION= _______N

LARGER TENSION=  ________N

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