Question: In a circus act, an acrobat performs a handstand on a wheel while his assistant pulls him along the 8-meter-long cable ABC, shown in the

In a circus act, an acrobat performs a handstand on a wheel while his assistant pulls him along the 8-meter-long cable ABC, shown in the figure. If the tension in rope DE is 40 N when the stuntman is balanced at A = 2.7 m, determine (a) the weight of the stuntman, (b) the tension in the cable.

AD E B 7.95 m- 

AD E B 7.95 m-

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