A 56-kg woman stands at C on the vintage step stool shown. Half the womans weight is

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A 56-kg woman stands at C on the vintage step stool shown. Half the woman€™s weight is carried by the legs shown. Determine the components of the force exerted at E on leg BE assuming that the bottom of each leg is not quite parallel to the floor so the bearing occurs at points A and B. Neglect the mass of the stool, and assume the floor to be frictionless.


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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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