Question: A 10 kg traffic light is held up by two cables (the interior angle between the cable and the top surface are 20 and 35

A 10 kg traffic light is held up by two cables (the interior angle between the cable and the top surface are 20 and 35 degrees). The cables will break if the tension exceeds 110 Newtons.

a. draw the free body diagram

b. Will the cables break?

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