A painter stands on a scaffold hung by its ends from two vertical ropes A and P, 6 m apart. The scaffold weighs 200 N. The tension in A is 750 N and that in Pis 200 N. a) What is the weight of the painter? b) How far from A is he standing?

A painter stands on a scaffold hung by its ends from two vertical ropes A and P, 6 m apart. The scaffold weighs 200 N. The tension in A is 750 N and that in Pis 200 N. a) What is the weight of the painter? b) How far from A is he standing?

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A painter stands on a scaffold hung by its ends from two vertical ropes A and P, 6 m
apart. The scaffold weighs 200 N. The tension in A is 750 N and that in Pis 200 N. a)
What is the weight of the painter? b) How far from A is he standing?

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