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Lokesh Verma
·2009-01-29 22:53:28
this is a great questin eureka...
Reaction on each leg will be mg/2
Then draw the FBD of each leg sperately..
Try doing that :)
good luck (I am sure that if you give another 15 minutes.. you will solve this one :)
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Lokesh Verma
·2009-01-29 22:53:45
btw you will have to do both torque balance and force balance.
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Philip Calvert
·2009-01-29 22:53:52
won't the contact force be 40g [7][7]
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Philip Calvert
·2009-01-29 22:57:39
and T wud be 2Ncot 60°
where N is 40 g and g=9.8
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eureka123
·2009-01-30 00:17:43
i am getting T=400/√3.......but it is not in the options............plz reply sir..
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Philip Calvert
·2009-01-30 02:20:04
T=800/√3 not 400 see my post above