Three children are standing on a 15 Ã 15-ft raft. The weights of the children at points

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Three children are standing on a 15 × 15-ft raft. The weights of the children at points A, B, and C are 85 lb, 60 lb, and 90 lb, respectively. If a fourth child of weight 95 lb climbs onto the raft, determine where she should stand if the other children remain in the positions shown and the line of action of the resultant of the four weights is to pass through the center of the raft.


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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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