(a) A spider hangs motionless from a single vertical strand of spiderweb. Calculate the tension (in N) in the vertical spiderweb if the spider has a mass of 7.00×10−5 kg. τvertical = N (b) Now, the same spider sits motionless in the middle of a (nearly) horizontal strand of spiderweb, as shown in the figure below. The strand sags at an angle of 14.0∘ below the horizontal. Calculate the tension (in N ) in this (nearly) horizontal strand. Tnew = N Compare this with the tension in the vertical strand that you found in part (a) (find their ratio). Tnew Tvertical =

(a) A spider hangs motionless from a single vertical strand of spiderweb. Calculate the tension (in N) in the vertical spiderweb if the spider has a mass of 7.00×10−5 kg. τvertical = N (b) Now, the same spider sits motionless in the middle of a (nearly) horizontal strand of spiderweb, as shown in the figure below. The strand sags at an angle of 14.0∘ below the horizontal. Calculate the tension (in N ) in this (nearly) horizontal strand. Tnew = N Compare this with the tension in the vertical strand that you found in part (a) (find their ratio). Tnew Tvertical =

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(a) A spider hangs motionless from a single vertical strand of spiderweb. Calculate the tension (in N ) in the vertical spiderweb if the spider has a mass of 7.00 × 10 5 k g . τ vertical = N (b) Now, the same spider sits motionless in the middle of a (nearly) horizontal strand of spiderweb, as shown in the figure below. The strand sags at an angle of 14.0 below the horizontal. Calculate the tension (in N ) in this (nearly) horizontal strand. T new = N
Compare this with the tension in the vertical strand that you found in part (a) (find their ratio).
T new T vertical =

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