A 110 kg scaffold is 5.80 m long. It is hanging with two wires, one from each end. A 420 kg box sits 1.90 m from the left end. What is the tension in the right hand side wire? (g = 9.8 m/s2)   please show the full solution, thank you.

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A 110 kg scaffold is 5.80 m long. It is hanging with two wires, one from each end. A 420 kg box sits 1.90 m from the
left end. What is the tension in the right hand side wire? (g = 9.8 m/s2)

 

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