Question: In Figure horizontal scaffold 2, with uniform mass m2 = 30.0 kg and length L2 = 2.00 m, hangs from horizontal scaffold 1, with uniform

In Figure horizontal scaffold 2, with uniform mass m2 = 30.0 kg and length L2 = 2.00 m, hangs from horizontal scaffold 1, with uniform mass m1 = 50.0 kg. A 20.0 kg box of nails lies on scaffold Z, centered at distance d = 0.500 m from the left end. What is the tension T in the cable indicated?

T=?

T=?

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