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A stone is hung from a horizontal beam by two strings. The longer string makes an angle of 42⁰ with the horizontal and is...

A stone is hung from a horizontal beam by two strings. The longer string makes an angle of 42⁰ with the horizontal and is 3.2m long. If the shorter string makes an angle of 60⁰ with the horizontal, calculate its length.

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