Applied Calculus for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter 10.2, Problem 16E
PROBABILITY OF RAINFALL The amount of rainfall (in inches) on a tropical island in the month of August is a continuous random variable with probability density function
What is the expected amount of rainfall on any day in August on that island? Find the variance and standard deviation.
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3.9 (A/B). A beam ABCDE, with A on the left, is 7 m long and is simply supported at
Band E. The lengths of the various portions are AB 1-5m, BC = 1-5m, CD = 1 m and DE
: 3 m. There is a uniformly distributed load of 15kN/m between B and a point 2m
to the right of B and concentrated loads of 20 KN act at 4 and 0 with one of 50
KN at C. (a) Draw the S.F. diagrams and hence determine the position from A at
which the S.F. is zero. (b) Determine the value of the B.M. at this point. (c) Sketch
the B.M. diagram approximately to scale, quoting the principal values. [3.32 m, 69.8
KNm, 0, 30, 69.1, 68.1, 0 kNm.]
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Applied Calculus for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences (MindTap Course List)
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