Question: Cart B, which weighs 75 kN, rolls along a sloping track that forms an angle with the horizontal. The spring constant is 5 kN/m,

Cart B, which weighs 75 kN, rolls along a sloping track that forms an angle β with the horizontal. The spring constant is 5 kN/m, and the spring is unstretched when x = 0. Determine the distance x corresponding to equilibrium for the angle β indicated.

Angle β = 30°.

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