A sign of mass 50kg hangs from two wires. The left-hand wire makes an angle of 45 degrees with the horizontal and the right-hand wire makes an angle of 60 degrees with the horizontal. Calculate the magnitude of tension in each wire, in newtons, to two significant figures. (Take the magnitude of the acceleration due to gravity, g , to be 9.8 m s^-2.)   The magnitude of the tension in the left-hand wire is ___? The magnitude of the tension in the right-hand wire is ___?

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A sign of mass 50kg hangs from two wires. The left-hand wire makes an angle of 45 degrees with the horizontal and the right-hand wire makes an angle of 60 degrees with the horizontal.

Calculate the magnitude of tension in each wire, in newtons, to two significant figures.

(Take the magnitude of the acceleration due to gravity, g , to be 9.8 m s^-2.)

 

The magnitude of the tension in the left-hand wire is ___?

The magnitude of the tension in the right-hand wire is ___?

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