Understanding Tension in Slanted Cables for Equilibrium of a 59 N Weight

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In summary, the tension in the slanted cable is equal to the weight of 59 N, and the tension in the horizontal cable must be equal and opposite to the horizontal component of that force, which is also 59 N.
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59 N weight held by two cables. The left-hand cable is horizontal.

What is the tension in the cable slanted
at an angle of 51◦? Answer in units of N.

What is the tension in the horizontal cable?
Answer in units of N
 
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Angle 51 wrt to which axis? The horizontal or vertical?

Remember that the horizontal cable cannot transmit any force in the vertical direction; hence, only the slanted cable upholds the weight.

Furthermore, since that cable is slanted, it follows it transmits to the weight a force also in the horizontal direction; thus, in order for the weight to remain in equilibrium, the strictly horizontal cable must counteract that force by its own trension.
 

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