A 10-m uniform beam weighing 100 N is supported by two vertical ropes at its ends. If a 400-N person sits at a point 2.0 m from the left end of the beam, what is the tension in each rope?

What will be an ideal response?


370 N (left rope), 130 N (right rope)

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a. rotating in a constant electric field. b. rotating through areas of high and low electrical force. c. creating current by rotating in an existing magnetic field. d. creating a varying magnetic field with its rotational kinetic energy. e. being wound around a metal core to produce an electromagnet.

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Atomic Nucleus: Atomic nuclei that are all isotopes of an element all have the same

A. number of nucleons. B. mass. C. number of protons. D. number of neutrons.

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