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A barge is pulled by two tugboats. If the resultant of the forces exerted by

the tugboats is a 5000-lb force directed along the axis of the barge, deter-

mine (a) the tension in each of the ropes knowing that a = 45°, (b) the value

of a for which the tension in rope 2 is minimum.

2

30°

C

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