Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics, 11th Edition
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077687304
Author: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2.1, Problem 2.18P
For the stake of Prob. 2.5, knowing that the tension in one rope is 120 N, determine by trigonometry the magnitude and direction of the force P so that the resultant is a vertical force of 160 N.
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics, 11th Edition
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