Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 12 - Review - Exercises - Page 843: 13

Answer

Upper : $\approx 166.439 \ N$ and Lower $113.9 \ N$

Work Step by Step

The vertical components sum to $255$ N and can be given by $255 = a\cos 20^{\circ} +b \cos 30^{\circ} $ or, $0= a\sin 20^{\circ} -b \sin 30^{\circ} \implies a=\dfrac{b \sin 30^{\circ}}{a \sin 20^{\circ}} \implies 255 =\dfrac{b \sin 30^{\circ}}{ \sin 20^{\circ}} \cos 20^{\circ} +b \cos 30^{\circ}$ or, $255=b (\dfrac{\sin 30^{\circ}}{\sin 20^{\circ}} \cos 20^{\circ} +\cos 30^{\circ})$ or, $b \approx 113. 851 \ N$ and $a=\dfrac{b \sin 30^{\circ}}{ \sin 20^{\circ}} \approx \dfrac{(113.851) \sin 30^{\circ}}{\sin 20^{\circ}} \approx 166.439 \ N$
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