Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781259638091
Author: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell, Brian Self
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14.3, Problem 14.59P
Tree limbs and branches are being fed at A at the rate of 10 lb/s into a shredder which spews the resulting wood chips at C with a velocity of 60 ft/s. Determine the horizontal component of the force exerted by the shredder on the truck hitch at D.
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