document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1163661>Question 1163661</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A box weighing 415N is hanging from two chains attached to an overhead beam at	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "angles of 56° and 49°. Find the magnitude of the tension in each chain algebraically. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Since I do not see the Figure in the post, I don't know if the angles are with the beam or with the vertical.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You should provide this info in your post.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But in any case, you introduce two unknowns  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=T%5B1%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"T%5B1%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  and  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=T%5B2%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"T%5B2%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  that are the tensions, i.e. magnitudes of forces along the chains.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then you express the x-component and y-component of every force.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then you write the equilibrium equations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First equilibrium equation says that the sum of vertical components is equal to the given weigh.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Second equilibrium equation says that the sum of horizontal components is zero.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then you solve the system of two equations in two unknowns and get the answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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