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Chapter 4, Solution 32.

Free-Body Diagram:

Geometry:
Distance AD = (0.9)2 + (0.375)2 = 0.975 m
Distance BD = (0.5)2 + (0.375)2 = 0.625 m
Equilibrium for beam:
(a)

M C = 0:

0.375
0.375
T ( 0.9 m )
T ( 0.5 m ) = 0
0.975
0.625

(135 N )( 0.7 m )

T = 146.250 N
(b)

Fx = 0:

or T = 146.3 N

0.9
0.5
Cx +
T (146.250 N ) +
T (146.250 N ) = 0
0.975

0.625

C x = 252.00 N

Fy = 0:

0.375
0.375
Cy +
T (146.250 N ) +
T (146.250 N ) 135 N = 0
0.975
0.625

C y = 9.0000 N
Thus:

C = C x2 + C y2 =

and

= tan 1

Cy
Cx

( 252 )2 + ( 9 )2

= tan 1

= 252.16 N

9
= 2.0454
252

C = 252 N

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.

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