a.First, we drew a picture of the suspended weight as a visual aid.
b. Then we drew a free body diagram with components. There are two tensions going up at an angle to represent the cables, and a gravity vector going down. Our group then added the angle measurements and calculated the newtons for each force. Underneath the FBD's are the horizontal and vertical equations of the FBD.
c. Then our group used sin to calculate the predicted weight.
sin (35) x .8N = 0.45
+
sin (70) x 2.2N = 2.067
= 2.5N
Our predicted weight is 2.5N.
Conclusion: Our prediction was within the 10% discrepancy.
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