
Statics and Mechanics of Materials
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ISBN: 9780073398167
Author: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., John T. DeWolf, David Mazurek
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3.3, Problem 51P
To determine
(a)
The moment of couple formed by two forces by resolving the forces into components.
To determine
(b)
The perpendicular distance between lines BE and DF.
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