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A cylinder of mass M and radius r is suspended at the corner of a room. Length of the thread is twice the radius of the cylinder. Find the tension in the thread and normal force applied by each wall on the cylinder assuming the walls to be smooth.

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`T = sqrt(2) Mg ; N = (Mg)/(sqrt2)`
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