To stabilize a tree partially uprooted in a storm, cables AB and AC are attached to the

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To stabilize a tree partially uprooted in a storm, cables AB and AC are attached to the upper trunk of the tree and then are fastened to steel rods anchored in the ground. Knowing that the tension in cable AB is 950 lb, determine

(a) The components of the force exerted by this cable on the tree,

(b) The angles θx, θy, and θz that the force forms with axes at A which are parallel to the coordinate axes.




45 40 25° 10


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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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