clc; R=25; // kN Magnitude of Resultant vector alpha=45;//degree // T1 and T2 are tensions in rope 1 and rope 2 respectively A=30;// degree , Angle between vector T1 and resultant B=alpha;// degree , Angle between vector T2 and resultant C=180-(A+B);// degree , Angle between vector T1 and T2 // conversion of angles into radian A=A*%pi/180; B=B*%pi/180; C=C*%pi/180; // sin(A)/T2 == sin(B)/T1 == sin(C)/R .............. sine law T1=(R*sin(B))/sin(C);//kN T2=(R*sin(A))/sin(C);//kN printf("Tension in rope 1 is T1=%.2f kN and in rope 2 is T2=%.2f kN \n",T1,T2); // Minimum value of T2 occcurs when T1 and T2 are perpendicular to each other i.e C=90 degree C=90;//degree A=30;// degree B=180-(A+C);//degrees alpha=B;//degrees B=B*%pi/180;// radian T2=R*sin(B);// kN T1=R*cos(B);//kN printf("Minimum tension in rope 2 is T2=%.2f kN \n",T2); printf("corrosponding T1=%.2f kN \n ",T1); printf("alpha=%.2f degrees",alpha);