Question: The cable stays AB and AD help support pole AC . Knowing that the tension is 1 2 0 lb in AB and 4 0

The cable stays AB and AD help support pole AC.
Knowing that the tension is 120 lb in AB and 40 lb in AD,
determine,
(a) the magnitude of the resultant of the forces exerted
by the stays at A and,
(b) the angle that this resultant makes with the pole.

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