Deck General USCG Q#451 (Set 13)

If two falls are attached to lift a one-ton load, what angle between the falls will result in the stress on each fall being equal to the load being lifted?

Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation

Correct Answer: Option C — 120°

Applying vector mechanics in rigging, when two falls share a load at an included angle of 120 degrees, the tension in each individual fall precisely equals the total weight of the suspended load due to the trigonometric vector resolution.

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