(b) Figure 5 shows a timber column and several forces acting on it. As an engineer, you were assigned by your superiors to simplify the forces and replace it by a resultant force as wel as specifying where its line of action intersects the column AB measured from point B. 0.5 m B, 500 N 1 m 0.2 m 250 N 30° 1 m 300 N 1 m Figure 5
(b) Figure 5 shows a timber column and several forces acting on it. As an engineer, you were assigned by your superiors to simplify the forces and replace it by a resultant force as wel as specifying where its line of action intersects the column AB measured from point B. 0.5 m B, 500 N 1 m 0.2 m 250 N 30° 1 m 300 N 1 m Figure 5
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Transcribed Image Text:(b) Figure 5 shows a timber column and several forces acting on it. As an engineer, you were
assigned by your superiors to simplify the forces and replace it by a resultant force as well
as specifying where its line of action intersects the column AB measured from point B.
0.5 m
B.
500 N
1 m
0.2 m
250 N
30°
1 m
300 N
1 m
A
Figure 5
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