A telephone cable is clamped at A to the pole AB. Knowing that the tension in the

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A telephone cable is clamped at A to the pole AB. Knowing that the tension in the right-hand portion of the cable is T2 = 1000 lb, determine by trigonometry
(a) The required tension T1 in the left-hand portion if the resultant R of the forces exerted by the cable at A is to be vertical,
(b) The corresponding magnitude of R.
A telephone cable is clamped at A to the pole
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073398242

11th edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell, Brian Self

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