The ends X and Y of an inextensible strings 27m
long are fixed at two points on the same
horizontal line which are 20 m apart.
A particle of mass 7.5 kg is suspended
from a point P on the string 12 m from X.
(a) Illustrate this information in a diagram.
(b) calculate, correct to two decimal
places, <YXP and <XYP.
(c) Find, correct to the nearest hundredth,
the magnitudes of the tensions in the
string. [take g=10 ms^(−2) ]
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