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Homework Statement
1.Sir Lancelot rides out of the castle at Camelot and onto the 12.0 m long drawbridge that passes over the moat. Unbeknownst to him, his enemies have partially severed the cable (60° angle with the horizontal) holding up the front end of the bridge so that it will break under a tension of 5000N. The bridge weighs 1900 N and it is uniform. Lancelot, his lance and armor and his horse have a combined weight of 5800 N. Will the cable break before Lancelot reaches the end of the drawbridge? If so, how far from the castle will he be when the cable breaks? (measure from the castle to the center of mass)
The Attempt at a Solution
looking at this I am not really too sure. I may have to use Newtons 2nd law to set up equation. Not sure how to possibly go about finding the distance away he would be when the cable broke.