A horizontal, stationary plank is supported by two ropes. Th…
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A hоrizоntаl, stаtiоnаry plank is supported by two ropes. The first rope is connected to the left end of the plank. The second rope is connected to a point a distance D from the left end of the plank, somewhere between the plank's midpoint and its right end. If you increase the distance D by a small amount, what will happen to the magnitude of the tension in the second rope? Assume the plank remains horizontal and stationary, and you do nothing to the first rope.