Question: A loading car is at rest on a track forming an angle of 2 5 with the vertical. The gross weight of the car and

A loading car is at rest on a track forming an angle of 25 with the
vertical. The gross weight of the car and its load is 5500 lb, and it acts at
point G. Knowing the tension in the cable connected at C is 3000 lb,
determine the (a) the acceleration of the car, (b) the reaction at each pair
of wheels. [Answer: 11.62 ft/s2,1522 lb,802 lb]

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