A uniform 0.5 x 0.75-m steel plate ABCD has a mass of 40 kg and is attached

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A uniform 0.5 x 0.75-m steel plate ABCD has a mass of 40 kg and is attached to ball-and-socket joints at A and B. Knowing that the plate leans against a frictionless vertical wall at D, determine

(a) The location of D,

(b) The reaction at D.



A uniform 0.5 x 0.75-m steel plate ABCD plate leans against

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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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