55 A ball of weight W rests upon a smooth horizontal plane

Last updated: 6/10/2023

55 A ball of weight W rests upon a smooth horizontal plane and has attached to its center two strings AB and AC that pass over frictionless pulleys at B and C The other ends of the strings carry loads P and Q respectively as shown in the figure If the string AB is horizontal the angle a that the string AC makes with the horizontal when the ball is in th state of equilibrium is SINESSBANKE a a sin TO P C b a cos P POLL La Q c sin 2 cor 1 Q