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Default Rope and Block Question #1

Martin Baxter wrote:

Bart wrote:
At what angle does the sheave load match the line load?
[1 pt]


arcsin(1000/2000)=30 degrees (actual angle of line-block-line= 150
degrees)


Due to symmetry, there's a 30 degree angle on both sides, so, angle of
line-block-line = 120.

//Walt
 
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