A hungry bear weighing 700 N walks out on a beam in an attempt to retrieve a

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A hungry bear weighing 700 N walks out on a beam in an attempt to retrieve a basket of food hanging at the end of the beam (Fig. P12.43), the beam is uniform, weighs 200 N, and is 6.00 m long; the basket weighs 80.0 N.
(a) Draw a free-body diagram for the beam.
(b) When the bear is at x = 1.00 m, find the tension in the wire and the components of the force exerted by the wall on the left end of the beam.
(c) What If? If the wire can withstand a maximum tension of 900 N, what is the maximum distance the bear can walk before the wire breaks?

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Accounting

ISBN: 978-0324662962

23rd Edition

Authors: Jonathan E. Duchac, James M. Reeve, Carl S. Warren

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