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blyatman

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Let be the acute angle between the rope and the pipe, and be the tension in each rope.

Summing vertical forces, you get:

Hence, is inversely proportional to . As you reduce the length of the rope, the reduces, and hence reduces. Thus, increases.
 

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Let be the acute angle between the rope and the pipe, and be the tension in each rope.

Summing vertical forces, you get:

Hence, is inversely proportional to . As you reduce the length of the rope, the reduces, and hence reduces. Thus, increases.
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
it makes sense
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ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
it makes sense
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In the future could you please post this in the Physics disc or Engineering disc. That way it's much easier to find for future students.
 

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