Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamics (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780133915426
Author: Russell C. Hibbeler
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8.5, Problem 87P
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The horizontal force that the woman at A must exert on the cable in order to let the boy descend at constant velocity.
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