Two window washers, Bob and Joe, are on a 3.00-m-long, 350-N scaffold supported by two cables attached to its ends. Bob weighs 780 N and stands 1.00 m from the left end, as shown in the figure below. Two meters from the left end is the 500-N washing equipment. Joe is 0.500 m from the right end and weighs 900 N. Given that the scaffold is in rotational and translational equilibrium, what are the forces on each cable? left cable     _____ kN right cable      _____kN

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Two window washers, Bob and Joe, are on a 3.00-m-long, 350-N scaffold supported by two cables attached to its ends. Bob weighs 780 N and stands 1.00 m from the left end, as shown in the figure below. Two meters from the left end is the 500-N washing equipment. Joe is 0.500 m from the right end and weighs 900 N. Given that the scaffold is in rotational and translational equilibrium, what are the forces on each cable?

left cable     _____ kN
right cable      _____kN
Two window washers, Bob and Joe, stand on a scaffold. The scaffold is 3.00 m long and is supported by two cables with one on each end. Bob stands 1.00 m from the left end of the scaffold. The bucket is 2.00 m from the left end of the scaffold and Joe stands 0.500 m from the right of the scaffold.
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