A 2.5 kg ball is suspended by two light strings as shown. What is the tension T in the angled string?
net force on ball in the y-direction, Fnety = 0
T*sin(50) - m*g = 0
T = m*g/sin(50)
= 2.5*9.8/sin(50)
= 32.0 N
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