Problems

Figure P11.60
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3.0 cm S2 5.0 cm
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B

4.0 cm S3
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8.0 cm

11.61 .. A uniform, 7.5-m-long beam weighing 5860 N is hinged

to a wall and supported by a thin cable attached 1.5 m from the free
end of the beam. The cable runs between the beam and the wall

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and makes a 40 angle with the beam. What is the tension in the
cable when the beam is at an angle of 30 above the horizontal?
11.62 .. CP A uniform drawbridge must be held at a 37 angle
above the horizontal to allow ships to pass underneath. The
drawbridge weighs 45,000 N and is 14.0 m long. A cable is connected 3.5 m from the hinge where the bridge pivots (measured
along the bridge) and pulls horizontally on the bridge to hold it
in place. (a) What is the tension in the cable? (b) Find the magnitude and direction of the force the hinge exerts on the bridge.
(c) If the cable suddenly breaks, what is the magnitude of the
angular acceleration of the drawbridge just after the cable
breaks? (d) What is the angular speed of the drawbridge as it
becomes horizontal?
11.63 .. BIO Tendon-Stretch- Figure P11.63
ing Exercises. As part of an
exercise program, a 75-kg person does toe raises in which he
raises his entire body weight on
the ball of one foot (Fig.
P11.63). The Achilles tendon
pulls straight upward on the Achilles
Tibia
heel bone of his foot. This ten- tendon
don is 25 cm long and has a
Ankle
cross-sectional area of 78 mm2
joint
and a Youngs modulus of 1470
MPa. (a) Make a free-body diagram of the persons foot
(everything below the ankle
4.6
12.5
joint). You can neglect the
cm
cm
weight of the foot. (b) What
force does the Achilles tendon
exert on the heel during this exercise? Express your answer in
newtons and in multiples of his weight. (c) By how many millimeters does the exercise stretch his Achilles tendon?
11.64 .. (a) In Fig. P11.64 a
Figure P11.64
6.00-m-long, uniform beam is
hanging from a point 1.00 m
to the right of its center. The
beam weighs 140 N and
makes an angle of 30.0 with
the vertical. At the right-hand
end of the beam a 100.0-N
100.0 N
weight is hung; an unknown
weight w hangs at the left end.
If the system is in equilibrium, what is w? You can
ignore the thickness of the
30.0
beam. (b) If the beam makes,
instead, an angle of 45.0
w
with the vertical, what is w?
11.65 ... A uniform, horizontal agpole 5.00 m long with a weight of 200 N is hinged to a
vertical wall at one end. A 600-N stuntwoman hangs from its other
end. The agpole is supported by a guy wire running from its outer
end to a point on the wall directly above the pole. (a) If the tension
in this wire is not to exceed 1000 N, what is the minimum height
above the pole at which it may be fastened to the wall? (b) If the
agpole remains horizontal, by how many newtons would the tension be increased if the wire were fastened 0.50 m below this
point?
4.0

and if you raise your legs, the muscles remain approximately

horizontal, so the angle u increases. We shall assume for simplicity that these muscles attach to the femur in only one place,
10 cm from the hip joint (although, in reality, the situation is more
complicated). For a certain 80-kg person having a leg 90 cm
long, the mass of the leg is 15 kg and its center of mass is 44 cm
from his hip joint as measured along the leg. If the person raises
his leg to 60 above the horizontal, the angle between the
abdominal muscles and his femur would also be about 60.
(a) With his leg raised to 60, nd the tension in the abdominal
muscle on each leg. As usual, begin your solution with a free-body
diagram. (b) When is the tension in this muscle greater: when the
leg is raised to 60 or when the person just starts to raise it off the
ground? Why? (Try this yourself to check your answer.) (c) If the
abdominal muscles attached to the femur were perfectly horizontal
when a person was lying down, could the person raise his leg?
Why or why not?
11.58 . A nonuniform re escape ladder is 6.0 m long when
extended to the icy alley below. It is held at the top by a frictionless
pivot, and there is negligible frictional force from the icy surface at
the bottom. The ladder weighs 250 N, and its center of gravity is
2.0 m along the ladder from its bottom. A mother and child of total
weight 750 N are on the ladder 1.5 m from the pivot. The ladder
makes an angle u with the horizontal. Find the magnitude and
direction of (a) the force exerted by the icy alley on the ladder
and (b) the force exerted by the ladder on the pivot. (c) Do your
answers in parts (a) and (b) depend on the angle u?
11.59 .. A uniform strut of mass m makes an angle u with the
horizontal. It is supported by a frictionless pivot located at onethird its length from its lower left end and a horizontal rope at its
upper right end. A cable and package of total weight w hang from
its upper right end. (a) Find the vertical and horizontal components
V and H of the pivots force on the strut as well as the tension T in
the rope. (b) If the maximum safe tension in the rope is 700 N and
the mass of the strut is 30.0 kg, nd the maximum safe weight of the
cable and package when the strut makes an angle of 55.0 with the
horizontal. (c) For what angle u can no weight be safely suspended
from the right end of the strut?
11.60 . You are asked to design the decorative mobile shown
in Fig. P11.60. The strings and rods have negligible weight, and
the rods are to hang horizontally. (a) Draw a free-body diagram
for each rod. (b) Find the weights of the balls A, B, and C. Find
the tensions in the strings S1, S2, and S3. (c) What can you say
about the horizontal location of the mobiles center of gravity?
Explain.

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