2. A 300-N force P is applied at point A of the bell crank shown.

(a) Compute the

moment of the force P about O by resolving it into horizontal and vertical
components. (b) Using the result of part a, determine the perpendicular distance
from O to the line of action of P.
 Analyzing what we’re asked, we need to get the Moment of Force P about
point O, using horizontal and vertical components, and we also need to
determine the perpendicular distance from O to the line of action of P.
 We first get the Px and Py (horizontal and vertical components of Force P) by
simply using trigonometry. Px = 300sin (30) since Px is opposite angle 30°,
and Py = 300cos (30) since Py is adjacent angle 30°.
 We get the lx and ly components of the triangle formed from point O to A,
now that we got the lengths, we can now solve for the Moment.
 We assume that counterclockwise is positive.
 Since this is problem is just in 2D, we can use M = Fd.
 We can get M1 = (Px)(lx), and our answer should be negative as it moves to
clockwise direction.
 We can get M2 = (Py)(ly), and our answer should be positive as it moves to
counterclockwise direction.
 We can now get the total moment Mo = M 1 + M2, considering the signs. We
get a positive answer so it means it moves in a counterclockwise direction.
 To get the perpendicular distance we simply manipulate the equation M = Fd
since we both have values for M and F, we then get 68.37 mm as our
answer.