Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 250

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-A box of supplies that weighs 1500 kilograms is suspended by two cables as shown in the figure. To two decimal places, what is the tension in the two cables?

• A) Tension in right cable: \(776.46 \mathrm {~kg}\); tension in left cable: \(723.54 \mathrm {~kg}\)
• B) Tension in right cable: \(1098.08 \mathrm {~kg}\); tension in left cable: \(776.46 \mathrm {~kg}\)
• C) Tension in right cable: \(776.46 \mathrm {~kg}\); tension in left cable: \(1098.08 \mathrm {~kg}\)
• D) Tension in right cable: \(723.54 \mathrm {~kg}\); tension in left cable: \(776.46 \mathrm {~kg}\)

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