Question

TORQUE PROBLEM: Find FT1, FT2 & FT3. The boom is uniform and weighs 800N.

Answer 1

Same question as before?

Answer 2

yes...'cause I really need to answer this :<

Answer 3

Hmm, have you tried making it in vector form and then resolving the vectors?

Answer 4

no, how?

Answer 5

I just try to redrew it including all the forces

Answer 6

To answer this question, you really do need to understand that a vector force can be thought of as having components in different directions, such as along the horizontal or x axis, along the vertical or y axis, or along the direction of a rope, or whatever. There's no point trying to answer this question until you are happy calculating the component of a vector force in a given direction.

Answer 7

^Or more often known as vector resolution.