Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781259977268
Author: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2.3, Problem 2.56P
A sailor is being rescued using a boatswain’s chair that is suspended from a pulley that can roll freely on the support cable ACB and is pulled at a constant speed by cable CD. Knowing that α = 25° and β = 15° and that the tension in cable CD is 20 lb, determine (a) the combined weight of the boatswain’s chair and the sailor, (b) the tension in the support cable ACB.
Fig. P2.55 and P2.56
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