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In this problem, we have a crane that's supporting the load of 2 ,000 newtons, and the purpose of the problem is to find the tension in this cable, and also the force, magnitude direction at the hinge at point a.
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Now, right off the bat, we know the tension in this cable, the one directly attached to the load, it's going to be 2 ,000 neutins, equilibrium.
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2 ,000 newtons up, 2 ,000 dunez down, equilibrium.
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So that's taken care of it.
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But that's not the tension in this cable.
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It's a separate cable.
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So first thing we need to do, it's a free -by diagram.
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Remember, tensions always pull.
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So this one here will be tl, l for load.
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We have the weight, it's uniform rods.
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It'll be right dead center of that rod, wb.
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We have the tension in this cable.
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One we're looking for, t -c.
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We have the force at point a, f -y, f -x, we'll find out what direction they are from our equations.
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Now before we go on, we have our axes, traditional axes.
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We do need this one angle here.
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This angle here will be 30 degrees.
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Think about it.
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If you look at this picture here, this is 30 degrees.
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That makes this 150, but we know the whole thing has to be 180, so it makes this 30.
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So that's where that comes from.
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So now, equilibrium problem.
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F net x equals zero, f net y equals zero, net torque equals zero.
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So all we've got to add up now is all our x components.
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Fx plus tc cosine 30 degrees equals zero.
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That gives me that fx is going to be minus tc, cosine, cosine 30 degrees, and that's equation one.
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That's just the side of the triangle here.
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This is tcx, it says tcy.
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That's cosine because it's the adjacent side.
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Now, f net y, fy minus tl.
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So we're only in negative y direction, minus wb, minus tc sine 30 degrees, is equal to zero, implies fy is equal to tl plus wb plus tc, sign 30 degrees and that's equation two.
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There's nothing we can do with them.
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We need tc.
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The net torque is our third equation equal to zero.
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But to get the net torque, we need moment arms and that's from, and we gotta choose a point.
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We're gonna use our rotation axis through a.
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Why? because fx, fy have no rotation effect.
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Their moment arms are zero.
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What is the moment arm? shortest distance from the line of action in the force, to the rotation axis.
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If you're at the rotation axis, here's your line of actions, an infinite line through a force.
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If you're on the rotation axis, how far was the shortest distance to walk to the dash line? it's under your feet, zero.
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So there's no torque due to fx, likewise fy.
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But we do need it from the other three.
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So here is the line of action for tl.
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Here is the shortest distance, perpendicular distance...