Thread: need some help in Alevel maths

hey everyone i have attached the problems i will try to see what how u guys can solve them and later i will ask questions thanks a lot.

Originally Posted by carlasader

hey everyone i have attached the problems i will try to see what how u guys can solve them and later i will ask questions thanks a lot.

4a). The two reaction forces are equal (you are told so) and as the plank is
statric their sum must equal the total load which is (60+90)g Newtons, so
the reaction of the plank at B is 75g N.

RonL

Originally Posted by carlasader

hey everyone i have attached the problems i will try to see what how u guys can solve them and later i will ask questions thanks a lot.

4b) You do this by taking moments of the forces about A.

Let be the distance of the centre of mass of the plank from A. Then
the sum of the moments of the three forces acting (the weight of the woman,
the weight of the plank and the reaction at B - the reaction at A has zero moment about A so we ignore it) is:



where is the reaction at B found in the first part of this question.

RonL