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Homework Statement
A house painter is standing on a uniform, horizontal platform that is held in equilibrium by two cables attached to supports on the roof. The painter has a mass of 72 kg and the mass of the platform is 19.7 kg. The distance from the left end of the platform to where the painter is standing is d = 2.2 m and the total length of the platform is 5.4 m.
(a) How large is the force exerted by the left-hand cable on the platform?
____ N
(b) How large is the force exerted by the right-hand cable?
____ N
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
How do you do this when there is two different points of rotation??