A student proposes to measure the gravitational constant G by suspending two spherical objects from the ceiling of a tall cathedral and measuring the deflection of the cables from the vertical. Draw a free-body diagram of one of the objects. (Do this on paper. Your instructor may ask you to turn in this work.)
If two 110.0 kg objects are suspended at the lower ends of cables 30.00 m long and the cables are attached to the ceiling 1.000 m apart, what is the deflection of each object?