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 4.1, Problem 12P
A lever AB is hinged at C and attached to a control cable at A. If the lever is subjected to a 500-N horizontal force at B, determine (a) the tension in the cable, (b) the reaction at C.
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