Shown are a mast and a portion of the rigging of a schooner. Members CD and EF

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Shown are a mast and a portion of the rigging of a schooner. Members CD and EF lie in the same plane, and CD is of length 7.5 m and forms an angle of 45°with a vertical line drawn through C. Knowing that when θ =15°the tension in rope AB is 230 N, determine
(a) The angle between ropes AB and BD,
(b) The projection on BD of the force exerted by rope AB at point B.



Shown are a mast and a portion of the rigging of a schooner.

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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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