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Default Rope and Block Question #1

At what angle does the sheave load match the line load?
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Martin Baxter wrote:
arcsin(1000/2000)=30 degrees (actual angle of line-block-line= 150
degrees)


30 degrees from what?

Seems to me that the running part would have to be above
horizontal for the load on the sheave to match the load on
the line.

DSK