A magnet of mass 7.34 kg is suspended from the ceiling by a cord as shown. A large magnet is somewhere off to the right, pulling on the small hanging magnet with a constant force of F = 122.6 N. At what angle theta ?with respect to the vertical does the magnet hang? a. 50.6 degrees b. 59.6 degrees c. 30.4 degrees d. 54.0 degrees

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A magnet of mass 7.34 kg is suspended from the ceiling by a cord as shown. A large magnet is somewhere off to the right, pulling on the small hanging magnet with a constant force of F = 122.6 N. At what angle theta ?with respect to the vertical does the magnet hang?

a. 50.6 degrees

b. 59.6 degrees

c. 30.4 degrees

d. 54.0 degrees

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