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A traffic light is suspended from two cables. In the figure below


A traffic light is suspended from two cables. In the figure below, the tension in the cable on the right (F2t) is 420 N, θ1 = 30° and θ2 = 50°. 

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(a) Draw a FBD for the traffic light. Be sure to label all angles and decompose forces into r and y components, as necessary. 

(b) What are ax and ay? 

(c) Calculate the values of F2tx and F2ty 

(d) Keeping all z and y components on separate sides of the page, use Newton's Second Law in the I and y directions to find the force of the cable on the left (F1t). 

(e) Find the mass of the traffic light.

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