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Chapter 4, Solution 159.

Free-Body Diagram:

First note

W = mg = (17 kg ) 9.81 m/s 2 = 166.77 N

h=

(1.2 )2 (1.125)2

= 0.41758 m

From free-body diagram of plywood sheet

(1.125 m )
M z = 0: C ( h ) W
=0
2

C ( 0.41758 m ) (166.77 N ) ( 0.5625 m ) = 0

C = 224.65 N

or

C = ( 225 N ) i

M B( y -axis ) = 0: ( 224.65 N ) ( 0.6 m ) + Ax (1.2 m ) = 0

or

Ax = 112.324 N

A x = (112.3 N ) i

M B( x-axis ) = 0: (166.77 N ) ( 0.3 m ) Ay (1.2 m ) = 0

Ay = 41.693 N

or

A y = ( 41.7 N ) j

M A( y -axis ) = 0: ( 224.65 N ) ( 0.6 m ) Bx (1.2 m ) = 0

Bx = 112.325 N

or

B x = (112.3 N ) i

M A( x-axis ) = 0: B y (1.2 m ) (166.77 N ) ( 0.9 m ) = 0

By = 125.078 N

or

B y = (125.1 N ) j

A = (112.3 N ) i + ( 41.7 N ) j

B = (112.3 N ) i + (125.1 N ) j

C = ( 225 N ) i

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.,
Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell
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