Concept doubt

Sir whenever i did tension related problems there was always a wire-mass system n the mass is attached to 1 end of the wire..but in this prob its kind of different..i cant find the tension..

Q. When a bird of weight W sits on a stretched wire,the tension T in the wire is --

A. >W/2
B. =W
C. <W
D. none of these.

I am only able to say that it wont be equal = W.

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Ronald Clement ·

God knows why option c is not coming..i went to edit area and saw it is there but not coming in screen.. The option is < W

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Lokesh Verma ·

Ronald this can be done like this..

See if this diagram helps you?

Now just draw the fbd.. You will get the answer :)

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