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How do you find the tension in vertical ropes that hold an object up on a platform?

Imagine you have a 600 N person standing on a harness attached to the ceiling. If the harness has 1 rope in it, then what is the tension in the rope? B) What if the harness has 2 ropes, then what is the tension in the rope? C) Or what if the harness had 4 ropes, the what would the tension in the rope be?

Summary

  1. N- Newtons, the units for force
  2. TA- the case A rope tension
  3. TB- the tension in each rope for case B
  4. TC- the tension in each rope for case C

Notes

    1. FNET- the net force
    2. The net force is zero when you have equilibrium
    3. FUP- the upward force
    4. FDOWN- the downward force
    1. FUP- the upward force
    2. FDOWN- the downward force
    3. TA- the rope tension
    4. N- Newtons, the units for force
    1. FUP- the upward force
    2. FDOWN- the downward force
    3. TB- the rope tension
    1. TB- the rope tension
    2. N- Newtons, the units for force
    1. FUP- the upward force
    2. FDOWN- the downward force
    3. TC- the rope tension
    1. TC- the rope tension
    2. N- Newtons, the units for force