how does the angle affect the tension
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So I understand the mechanics of resolving forces via Trig, what confuses me is how the tension can change.
Imagine you have a 100N weight suspended from a rope tied to 2 points. It seems to me (but clearly I'm wrong), that all you have in the system in that 100N of downward force and yet as the angle decreases to 0 (perfectly straight rope) the tension goes to infinity. It seems bizarre to me. Help?
Imagine you have a 100N weight suspended from a rope tied to 2 points. It seems to me (but clearly I'm wrong), that all you have in the system in that 100N of downward force and yet as the angle decreases to 0 (perfectly straight rope) the tension goes to infinity. It seems bizarre to me. Help?
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