True or False?  When you/I cut through a rigid body or a truss that was previously in static equilibrium, then all of the members of that body or truss are still in equilibrium even though a section of that rigid body or truss has been removed from the structure.  True or false?

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True or False?  When you/I cut through a rigid body or a truss that was previously in static equilibrium, then all of the members of that body or truss are still in equilibrium even though a section of that rigid body or truss has been removed from the structure.  True or false?
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