The DEEP DRILLER is moored in 700 feet of...

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The DEEP DRILLER is moored in 700 feet of water. The tension on anchor line #3 is 200 kips. What is the vertical component of chain tension for that line?

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The DEEP DRILLER is moored in 700 feet of water. The tension on anchor line #3 is 200 kips. What is the vertical component of chain tension for that line?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Vector components of a force (horizontal vs vertical) • Unit conversions: kips → pounds → long tons • Whether you have enough information (like line length or angle) to resolve a force into components

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: to find a vertical component of a tension, what information is normally required besides the total tension? Do you see that extra information given here? • If you do not have an angle or line length, what special case in geometry would make the vertical component equal to some simple fraction (or all) of the total tension? • Try first converting 200 kips into long tons. Once you have that number, think about whether the problem expects you to alter it with any trigonometry, or if the situation implies a particular line orientation.

✅ Before You Answer

• Be sure you know that 1 kip = 1,000 pounds. • Confirm the conversion 1 long ton = 2,240 pounds before doing the math. • After converting to long tons, double‑check whether the problem actually gives you any angle or length data that would change that value for the vertical component.