Physics 5054 · O Level · Balanced and unbalanced forces

Balanced and unbalanced forces — practice question

A heavy nail is secured tightly in a wall. A string pulls it at $40^{\circ}$ to the vertical, and the nail remains at rest. Three forces act on the nail: its weight $W$, the tension $T$ in the string, the force $R$ applied by the wall. Which diagram, drawn to scale, shows the three forces?

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