An aerialist on a high platform holds on to a trapeze attached to a support by an8.0 m cord. Just before he jumps off the platform, the cord makes an angle of 41°with the vertical. He jumps, swings down, then back up, releasing the trapeze atthe instant it is 0.75 m below its initial height. Calculate the angle ? that thetrapeze cord makes with the vertical at this instant.

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An aerialist on a high platform holds on to a trapeze attached to a support by an
8.0 m cord. Just before he jumps off the platform, the cord makes an angle of 41°
with the vertical. He jumps, swings down, then back up, releasing the trapeze at
the instant it is 0.75 m below its initial height. Calculate the angle ? that the
trapeze cord makes with the vertical at this instant.

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