Tensions in cable-supported by a ball-and-socket


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Q: A 2720-lb piece of machinery hangs from a cable which passes over a pulley at E and is attached to a support at D. The boom AE is supported by a ball-and-socket joint at A and by two cables BF and CF. Determine

(a) The tensions in cables 5BF and CF,

(b) The reaction at A.

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