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title: "A clothesline is stretched between two trees. A tire hangs in the middle of the line, and the two halves of the line make equal angles with the horizontal. The tension in the line is"
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# A clothesline is stretched between two trees. A tire hangs in the middle of the line, and the two halves of the line make equal angles with the horizontal. The tension in the line is

A clothesline is stretched between two trees. A tire hangs in the middle of the line, and the two halves of the line make equal angles with the horizontal. The tension in the line is

- **A.** half the tire’s weight.
- **B.** is equal to the tire’s weight divided by 9.18 m/s2.
- **C.** is less than half the tire’s weight.
- **D.** is equal to the tire’s weight.
- **E.** is more than the tire’s weight.

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