BAsed on concepts....

* light rods
*light string(ideal)

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Lokesh Verma ·

this is a great questin eureka...

Reaction on each leg will be mg/2

Then draw the FBD of each leg sperately..

Try doing that :)

good luck (I am sure that if you give another 15 minutes.. you will solve this one :)

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Lokesh Verma ·

btw you will have to do both torque balance and force balance.

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Philip Calvert ·

won't the contact force be 40g [7][7]

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Philip Calvert ·

and T wud be 2Ncot 60°

where N is 40 g and g=9.8

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Philip Calvert ·

am i correct eureka ?

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eureka123 ·

i am getting T=400/√3.......but it is not in the options............plz reply sir..

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Philip Calvert ·

T=800/√3 not 400 see my post above

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