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COSMOS: Complete Online <strong>Sol</strong>utions Manual Organization System<br />
Chapter 2, <strong>Sol</strong>ution 43.<br />
Free-Body Diagram<br />
Force Triangle<br />
Law of Sines:<br />
FAC<br />
TBC<br />
400 lb<br />
= =<br />
sin 25° sin 60° sin 95°<br />
(a)<br />
400 lb<br />
F AC = sin 25 ° = 169.691 lb<br />
sin 95°<br />
F = 169.7 lb !<br />
AC<br />
(b)<br />
400<br />
T BC = sin 60 ° = 347.73 lb<br />
sin 95°<br />
T = 348 lb !<br />
BC<br />
Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.,<br />
Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell<br />
© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies.
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