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Chapter 4, Solution 7.
Free-Body Diagram:

(a) a = 2.9 m

Fx = 0:

M B = 0:

Ax = 0

(12 m ) Ay + (12 2.9 ) m ( 3.9 kN ) + (12 2.9 2.6 ) m ( 6.3 kN )

+ ( 2.8 + 1.45 ) m ( 7.9 kN ) + (1.45 m )( 7.3 kN ) = 0

or

Fy = 0:
or

Ay = 10.0500 kN

or A = 10.05 kN

or B = 15.35 kN

10.0500 kN 3.9 kN 6.3 kN 7.9 kN 7.3 kN + By = 0

By = 15.3500 kN

(b) a = 8.1 m

M B = 0:

(12 m ) Ay + (12 8.1) m ( 3.9 kN ) + (12 8.1 2.6 ) m ( 6.3 kN )

+ ( 2.8 + 4.05 ) m ( 7.9 kN ) + ( 4.05 m )( 7.3 kN ) = 0

or

Fy = 0:
or

Ay = 8.9233 kN

or A = 8.92 kN

8.9233 kN 3.9 kN 6.3 kN 7.9 kN 7.3 kN + By = 0

By = 16.4767 kN

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.,
Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell
2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies.

or B = 16.48 kN