Cable AB on the boom truck is hoisting the 2500-lb section of precast concrete (Figure P4.18). A

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Cable AB on the boom truck is hoisting the 2500-lb section of precast concrete (Figure P4.18). A second cable is under tension P, and workers use it to pull and adjust the position of the concrete section as it is being raised.

(a) Draw a free body diagram of hook A, treating it as a particle.

(b) Determine P and the tension in cable AB.


Figure P4.18

B 5° A 25° P 2500 lb

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An Introduction To Mechanical Engineering

ISBN: 9781111576820

3rd Edition

Authors: Jonathan Wickert, Kemper Lewis

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