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The system shown anchors a stanchion of a cable-suspended roof. If the tension in cable AB is 900 kN, what are the tensions in cables EF and EG?

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Using the coordinates for the points we find

Using the same procedure we find the other unit vectors that we need.

We can now write the equilibrium equations for the connections at B and E.

Breaking these equations into components, we have the following six equations to solve for five unknows (one of the equations is redundant).

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