Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-A tightrope walker located at a certain point deflects the rope as indicated in the figure. If the weight of the tightrope walker is 130 pounds, how much tension is in each part of the rope? Round your answers to the neares tenth.

A) tension in the left part: $- 218.7 \mathrm { lb }$ ;
tension in the right part: $183.6 \mathrm { lb }$

B) tension in the left part: $- 286.1 \mathrm { lb }$ ;
tension in the right part: $- 247.4 \mathrm { lb }$

C) tension in the left part: $- 261.8 \mathrm { lb }$ ;
tension in the right part: $219.8 \mathrm { lb }$

D) tension in the left part: $- 234.1 \mathrm { lb }$ ;
tension in the right part: $- 202.4 \mathrm { lb }$