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An оbject оf mаss m is suspended frоm the end of а rod (of negligible mаss) of length L. The rod is supported at one end by a hinge at a wall and at the middle (L/2 from the end) by a cable that makes an angle θ from the horizontal. Consider that the torque from the objects about the hinge has to balance the torque from the cable about the hinge, and we are ignoring the mass of the rod. What is the tension in the cable?