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12 Nov 2021
Given information
Given values:
(Distance between two buildings)
(Mass of the high wire walker)
(Angle at the ends when walker is midway)
(Acceleration in vertical direction is 0 as there is no vertical motion)
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
Formula:
Newton’s second law of motion:
Where, m is mass and a is acceleration
Calculation:
Free body diagram:
There is tension T in each rope. The component of tension in x-direction is . These cancel each other because they are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction.
The component of tension in y-direction is .
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