The portable work platform is elevated by means of the two hydraulic cylinders articulated at points C. The pressure in each cylinder produces a force F. The platform, man, and load have a combined mass m, and the mass of the linkage is small and may be neglected. Determine the upward acceleration a of the platform and show that it is independent of both b and θ.

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b. B b/2 b/2 b/2 b/2 C