Pyramid Builders. Ancient pyramid builders are balancing a uniform rectangular slab of stone tipped at an angle
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(a) If 6 = 20.0°, what force does each worker exert on the rope?
(b) As 6 increases, does each worker have to exert more or less force than in part (a), assuming they do not change the angle of the rope? Why?
(c) At what angle do the workers need to exert no force to balance the slab? What happens if 6 exceed this value?
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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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