Question

. A uniform wooden beam AB, 80 cm long and weighing 250 gf, is supported on a wedge as shown in the
figure. Calculate the greatest weight which can be placed on end A without causing the beam to tilt.
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Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

• Given A uniform wooden beam AB, 80 cm long and weighing 250 gf, is supported on a wedge as shown in the figure. Calculate the greatest weight which can be placed on end A without causing the beam to tilt.

• A uniform wooden beam AB, 80 is 80 cm long and the weight of which is 250 gf . This is supported on a wedge. We need to find the greatest weight that can be placed on end A so that the end will not tilt.
• Let  gf be suspended at A
• Therefore the moment anticlockwise = clockwise.
•        M x 10 = 250 x (40 – 10)
•          10 M = 250 x 30
•           M = 250 x 30 / 10
•       Or M = 750 gf

Therefore the greatest weight that can be placed on end A will be 750 gf

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