A 160-kg utility pole is used to support at C the end of an electric wire. The

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A 160-kg utility pole is used to support at C the end of an electric wire. The tension in the wire is 540 N, and the wire forms an angle of 15° with the horizontal at C. Determine the largest and smallest allowable tensions in the guy cable BD if the magnitude of the couple at A cannot exceed 360 0 N ∙ m.



15m - -26m W AN 162AN

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

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Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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