A bag of cement weighing 400 N hangs in equilibrium from three wires as suggested in the figure below. Two of the wires make angles θ1 = 55.0∘ and θ2 = 45.0∘ with the horizontal. Assuming the system is in equilibrium, find the tensions T1, T2, and T3 in the wires. T1 = N T2 = N T3 = N

A bag of cement weighing 400 N hangs in equilibrium from three wires as suggested in the figure below. Two of the wires make angles θ1 = 55.0∘ and θ2 = 45.0∘ with the horizontal. Assuming the system is in equilibrium, find the tensions T1, T2, and T3 in the wires. T1 = N T2 = N T3 = N

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A bag of cement weighing 400 N hangs in equilibrium from three wires as suggested in the figure below. Two of the wires make angles θ 1 = 55.0 and θ 2 = 45.0 with the horizontal. Assuming the system is in equilibrium, find the tensions T 1 , T 2 , and T 3 in the wires.
T 1 = N T 2 = N T 3 = N
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