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A window washer is standing on a scaffold supported by a vertical rope at each end....

A window washer is standing on a scaffold supported by a vertical rope at each end. The scaffold weighs 204 N and is 2.9 m long. What is the tension in each rope when the 690–N worker stands 1.06 m from one end?

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