FIGURE 5-7 -A Ship Is Being Pulled Through a Harbor by Two

Multiple Choice

FIGURE 5-7
-A ship is being pulled through a harbor by two tug boats at constant velocity as shown in Fig. 5-7. The lines attached to the two tug boats have the same tension, 200,000 N. The lines each make an angle 28.0° to the direction the ship is being towed. What is the magnitude of the drag force on the ship?

A) 177 × 10⁵ N
B) 1.88 × 10⁵ N
C) 93.9 × 10⁴ N
D) zero
E) 3.53 × 10⁵ N