A 16° wedge A of negligible weight is placed between two 175-lb blocks B and C which

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A 16° wedge A of negligible weight is placed between two 175-lb blocks B and C which are at rest on inclined surfaces as shown. The coefficient of static friction is 0.40 between both the wedge and the blocks and block C and the incline. Determine the magnitude of the force P for which motion of the wedge is impending when the coefficient of static friction between block B and the incline is

(a) 0.40,

(b) 0.60.


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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

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

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