A steel tank is to be positioned in an excavation. Knowing that the magnitude of P is
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A steel tank is to be positioned in an excavation. Knowing that the magnitude of P is 500 lb, determine by trigonometry
(a) The required angle α if the resultant R of the two forces applied at A is to be vertical,
(b) The corresponding magnitude of R.
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