A 500-lb crate B is suspended from a cable attached to a 40-lb trolley A which rides

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A 500-lb crate B is suspended from a cable attached to a 40-lb trolley A which rides on an inclined I-beam as shown. Knowing that at the instant shown the trolley has an acceleration of 1.2 ft/s2 up and to the right, determine

(a) The acceleration of B relative to A,

(b) The tension in cable CD.

A 500-lb crate B is suspended from a cable attached
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073398242

11th edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell, Brian Self

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