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Statement I: Three men pulling left at A and three pulling right at B with equal forces cannot make the rope perfectly horizontal while a 5 lb weight hangs at its centre.
Statement II: A perfectly horizontal rope has no vertical component of tension to balance the hanging weight.
Options:
Answer:
A
Solution:
Only a sag gives the tension an upward component;
a finite tension in a straight horizontal rope cannot support any vertical load.
Both statements are true.
Option A.
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