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Re: FOX Show



What means "supported by cable with two legs through the pulley"?

Paul O. Johnson
Collin County College

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Green" <JMGreen@SISNA.COM>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 1:32 AM
Subject: FOX Show


While surfing I stumbled on a children's quiz show -- ~~Smartest Kid in
America -- just as they were asking a pulley question -- it went by too
fast to sink in but I think that a 120lb weight is held by a pulley which
is supported by cable with two legs through the pulley.

What is the tension in the cables???

The answer given was 40lbs.

Did I see correctly???

Did I hear correctly???


Jim Green
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