A steel tank is to be positioned in an excavation. Knowing that the magnitude of P is

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A steel tank is to be positioned in an excavation. Knowing that the magnitude of P is 500 lb, determine by trigonometry 

(a) The required angle α if the resultant R of the two forces applied at A is to be vertical, 

(b) The corresponding magnitude of R.

A steel tank is to be positioned in an excavation.
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073398242

11th edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell, Brian Self

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