Draw a free-body diagram of the object. The most convenient coordinate system fo

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Draw a free-body diagram of the object.

The most convenient coordinate system for this problem is one in which the y axis is vertical and the ropes both lie in the xy plane, as shown below.

Identify the forces acting on the trunk, and then draw a free-body diagram of the trunk in the diagram below. The black dot represents the trunk as it is lifted by the students.

Draw the vectors starting at the black dot. The location and orientation of the vectors will be graded. The exact length of your vectors will not be graded but the relative length of one to the other will be graded.

Explanation / Answer

The answer above is wrong. T1 is on the left and T2 is on the right.

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