A spherical buoy is moored to a river bed. The river flows from left to right. Because of flow, the line that ties the buoy is tilted 5° from the upright position, as shown in the graph to the right. At this location the top surface of the buoy is just below the water surface. The effective specific gravity of the buoy is 0.65. The diameter of the buoy is 2 ft and the line is 4 ft in length. What is the force acting on the line? What is the horizontal force acting on the buoy that comes from the flow?

A spherical buoy is moored to a river bed. The river flows from left to right. Because of flow, the line that ties the buoy is tilted 5° from the upright position, as shown in the graph to the right. At this location the top surface of the buoy is just below the water surface. The effective specific gravity of the buoy is 0.65. The diameter of the buoy is 2 ft and the line is 4 ft in length. What is the force acting on the line? What is the horizontal force acting on the buoy that comes from the flow?

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