A continuous beam has two spans, the left span being 4m long and the right span is 6m long. The beam is restrained at the leftmost support, hinged at the interior support, and roller at the rightmost support. The beam carries a concentrated load of 40kN at the middle of the 4-m span and a uniform load of 5kN/m throughout the 6m span.  -Determine the vertical reaction at the interior support.

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A continuous beam has two spans, the left span being 4m long and the right span is 6m long.
The beam is restrained at the leftmost support, hinged at the interior support, and roller at the
rightmost support. The beam carries a concentrated load of 40kN at the middle of the 4-m span
and a uniform load of 5kN/m throughout the 6m span. 

-Determine the vertical reaction at the interior support.

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