A disabled automobile is pulled by means of two ropes as shown. Knowing that the tension in

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A disabled automobile is pulled by means of two ropes as shown. Knowing that the tension in rope AB is 750 lb. determine by trigonometry the tension in rope AC and the value of a so that the resultant force exerted at A is a 1200-lb force directed along the axis of the automobile.

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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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