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Express your answer in Newtons to one decimal place (do not include units in youranswer). An individual holds a ball of mass 3.4 kg in his hand in static equilibrium.

The bicepsbrachii attaches a distance of 2.1 cm from the centre of rotation of the elbow joint,and the muscle's line of action is directed at an angle of 115° counter clockwise fromthe forearm. The forearm has a mass of 1.4 kg. The forearm's centre of mass islocated a distance of 19 cm from the elbow joint. The distance from the elbow jointto the point at which the ball is held in the individual's hand is 40 cm. Assuming thatthe biceps brachii is the only muscle contributing to elbow flexor moment, what isthe magnitude of the tension running through the biceps brachii (in N)?

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