A telephone cable is clamped at A to the pole AB. Knowing that th tension in the right-hand portion of the cable is T2 1000 lb, determin by trigonometry (a) the required tension T, in the left-hand portion the resultant R of the forces exerted by the cable at A is to be vertica (b) the corresponding magnitude of R.

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A telephone cable is clamped at A to the pole AB. Knowing that the
tension in the right-hand portion of the cable is T2 = 1000 lb, determine
by trigonometry (a) the required tension T, in the left-hand portion if
the resultant R of the forces exerted by the cable at A is to be vertical,
(b) the coresponding magnitude of R.
T
B.
Transcribed Image Text:25 A telephone cable is clamped at A to the pole AB. Knowing that the tension in the right-hand portion of the cable is T2 = 1000 lb, determine by trigonometry (a) the required tension T, in the left-hand portion if the resultant R of the forces exerted by the cable at A is to be vertical, (b) the coresponding magnitude of R. T B.
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