A person is to be released from rest on a swing pulled away from the vertical by an angle of 19.7°. The two frayed ropes of the swing are 2.75 m long, and will break if the tension in either of them exceeds 380 N.
(a) What is the maximum weight the person can have and not break the ropes?
equate the vertical forces by making free body diagram. It is the diagram where we have to put all the forces working at that instant on the system with the diagram.
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