Statics and Mechanics of Materials
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780073398167
Author: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., John T. DeWolf, David Mazurek
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3.2, Problem 42P
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