AP Physics 1· difficulty 3/5
A uniform horizontal sign of mass and length is suspended by two vertical ropes, one at each end. Each rope has tension equal to (using ):
on left, on right
on each rope
Explanation
By symmetry, each rope supports half the weight: .
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