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sandoze
Oct17-04, 09:14 AM
I'm trying to find the height of the riser (a triangle) with a known length between the posts (1 [m]) and a known acceleration .086 [m/s/s]

I was given an answer from an example but i'm still not getting it.

my thought was that acceleration = g(h/L) and i'd solve for h... am i on the right track and the example is wrong? g = gravity, h = height, L=length

the answer supposedly is .0176 [m].. but i'm having my doubts