Equilibrium: A 10-m uniform beam weighing 100 N is supported horizontally 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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