Statics 5-78

[donovan]

For this specific problem, you can actually use the scalar method which makes this problem way less tedious. You can do this because the rods are all parallel to the x, y, and z axes. The hardest part would then be determining the two forces given in cartesian coordinates. You can still apply the vector analysis method but it's more time-consuming and has a higher probability of error.

[theultimatereductionist]

​ @Max_Power The way religionists talk, the way lawyers talk, the way judges talk, the way politicians talk, they have extreme arrogance as if they think they understand anything new or useful that the rest of us don't know, or think they know law better than anyone else.
That leads to problems. By contrast, scientists and mathematicians are the most humble workers in the world, because their super-hard underpaid job FORCES them to be.