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Homework Statement
A 20 kg uniform beam 10m long is attached to a wall with a cable.
The cable is attached to the middle of the beam at 90º
to the beam. A box of mass 50 kg is suspended from the beam as shown.
Determine the tension in the cable.
Determine the force acting on the hinge at the bottom.
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
I tried to do the first part like this:
(((20/sin50)x5)+50sin40x10x9.8)/5=656N