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Chapter 12, Problem 32P
Figure 12.23 shows a 1250-kg car that has slipped over an embankment. People are trying to hold the car in place by pulling on a horizontal rope. The car’s bottom is pivoted on the edge of the embankment, and its center of mass lies farther back, as shown. If the car makes a 34° angle with the horizontal, what force must the people apply to hold it in place?
FIGURE 12.23 Problem 32
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