A 3.00-m-long, 240-N, uniform rod at the zoo is held in a horizontal position by two ropes at its ends (Fig. 11.30). The left rope

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A 3.00-m-long, 240-N, uniform rod at the zoo is held in a horizontal position by two ropes at its ends (Fig. 11.30). The left rope makes an angle of 150° with the rod and the right rope makes an angle 6 with the horizontal. A 90-N howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) hangs motionless 0.50 m from the right end of the rod as he carefully studies you. Calculate the tensions in the two ropes and the angle 6. First make a free-body diagram of the rod.

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