Two cables of the same gauge are attached to a transmission tower at B. Since the tower

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Two cables of the same gauge are attached to a transmission tower at B. Since the tower is slender, the horizontal component of the resultant of the forces exerted by the cables at B is to be zero. Knowing that the mass per unit length of the cables is 0.4 kg/m, determine

(a) The required sag h,

(b) The maximum tension in each cable.



-60 m 40 m

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