Passage V
A store sign is to be suspended from a 1-meter-long horizontal rod. The rod is supported by a cable at one end and a bracket at the other (see Figure 1).
The sign's weight, W; the angle, 
, between the cable and the rod; and the distance, d, between the centerline of the sign and the wall will each affect the tension, T, in the cable. The cable will break if T exceeds the cable's breaking force, F.
Table 1 lists F, in newtons (N), for stainless steel cable of various diameters. Figure 2 contains graphs of T (in N) versus for various W (in N), where d= 0.50 m. Figure 3 contains graphs of T versus for various d, where W=100N.
25. Based on Figure 2, for d = 0.50 m and any given θ, what is the order of the sign weights, from the weight that produces the greatest cable tension to the weight that produces the least cable tension?
Your Answer is
Correct Answer is D
Explanation
See figure 2, for any abscissa, the line with the largest T is the line with W of 300 N, and the line with the smallest T is the line with W of 100 N