Chapter 6 File Edit View Help Problem: 15 (of 30) Do not round intermediate answers. Give your final answer(s) to three decimal places. Check your units. The uniform square steel plate has a mass of 3 kg and is resting on a smooth horizontal surface in the x-y plane. If a force P= 155 N is applied in the x-y plane to one corner in the direction shown, determine the magnitude of the initial acceleration comer A. Hint At the initial stage of motion when the plate begins to move, w=0 because the plate is barely moving. a of A = 241.43 m/sec^2 300 mm P 300 mm 65° Check Answer for this Problem Close

Chapter 6 File Edit View Help Problem: 15 (of 30) Do not round intermediate answers. Give your final answer(s) to three decimal places. Check your units. The uniform square steel plate has a mass of 3 kg and is resting on a smooth horizontal surface in the x-y plane. If a force P= 155 N is applied in the x-y plane to one corner in the direction shown, determine the magnitude of the initial acceleration comer A. Hint At the initial stage of motion when the plate begins to move, w=0 because the plate is barely moving. a of A = 241.43 m/sec^2 300 mm P 300 mm 65° Check Answer for this Problem Close

International Edition---engineering Mechanics: Statics, 4th Edition

4th Edition

ISBN:9781305501607

Author:Andrew Pytel And Jaan Kiusalaas

Publisher:Andrew Pytel And Jaan Kiusalaas

Chapter4: Coplanar Equilibrium Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 4.153P: Repeat Prob. 4.152 assuming that the 400-kN force is applied at O instead of L.

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