A horizontal circular plate is suspended as shown from three wires which are attached to a support

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A horizontal circular plate is suspended as shown from three wires which are attached to a support at D and that form 30° angles with the vertical. Knowing that the x component of the force exerted by wire AD on the plate is 220.6 N, determine

(a) The tension in wire AD,

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




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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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