Hello, im stumped on a problem: a clothesline is tied between two poles, 8m apar

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Hello, im stumped on a problem:

a clothesline is tied between two poles, 8m apart. the line is quite taut and has negligible sag. when a wet shirt with a mass of .8 kg is hung at the middle of the line, the midpoint is pulled down 8cm. find the tension in each half of the clothesline.

i easily achieve 3.92 as the downward force because of mg. but i cant seem to figure out the i component. somone please help me out as to where to go from here. thanks!!

the answer is t2 = 196i + 3.92j and t1 = -196i+3.92j

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