11.8 An 80.0-0m, uniform, Figure E11.8 59.0-N shelf is supported horizontally by two vertical wires attached to the sloping ceiling (Fig, E118). A very Dem, small 18.0-N tool is placed on the shelf midway between the points where the wires are attached to it. Find the tension in each wire, Begin by making a free-body diagram of the shelf. 75.0cm 11.13 + Find the tension T in each cable and the magnitude and direction of the force exerted on the strut by the pivot in each of the arrangements in Fig. E1113. In each ease let w be the weight of the suspended crate full of priceless art objects. The steut is Uniform and also has weight w. Start each ease with a free-body diagram of the stu Figure £11.13, @ } 300" A 0"11.43 + A box of negligible mass rests at the left end of 1.95-m, 30.0-kg plank (Fig, PH.43). The width ofthe box is 75.0 em, and sand is to be distributed uniformly throughout it. The center of gravity of the nonuniform plank is 50.0 em from the right end, What mass of sand should be put into the box so that the plank ances horizontally on a fulerum placed just below its midpoint? Figure P11.43, 15.0 em —> Center of gravity Sandbox. of plank 11.67 « Two friends are car rying a 200-kg crate up a flight of stairs, The erate is 1.25 m Jong and 0.500 m high, and its center of gravity is at its cen- ter. The stairs make a 450° angle with respect to the floor. ‘The erate also is carried at a 45.0° angle, so that its bottom side is parallel to the slope of the stairs (Fig. PHL6). If the force each person applies is ver- tical, what is the magnitude of each of these forees? Is it better to be the person above or below com the stairs? Figure P11.6711.80 ©» Pyramid Builders. Figure P11.80 Ancient pyramid builders are balancing a uniform rectangu- lar slab of stone tipped at an angle @ above the horizontal using a rope (Fig, PHL80). The rope is held by five workers who share the force equally. G@) HE 6= 166%, what force does each worker exert on the rope? (b) As @ increases, does each worker have to exert more or less force than in part (@, assuming they do not change the angle of the rope? Why? () At what angle do the workers need to exert no force to balance the slab? What happens if exceeds this value?