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Chapter 16, Solution 4.

See the free body diagram for problem 16.3

Fx = mg sin = ma
a = g sin
M G = 0 = RC cos ( 2 in.) RC sin ( 6 in.)

(a)
(b)

tan =

1
3

or = 18.43 !

a = 32.2 ft/s 2 ( sin18.43) = 10.180 ft/s 2

or a = 10.18 ft/s 2

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
2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies.

18.43 !