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Homework Statement
Determine the forces in members BC, CF, and EF of the loaded truss. Forces are positive if in tension, negative if in compression.
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Homework Equations
ƩM = 0
ƩFy = 0
ƩFx = 0
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm a little stuck on this one.
I tried using method of sections, whereby I drew a line through the middle of lines BC, CF and EF and then focused on everything to the right of that line. What this gave me is a system with two L forces, one at E and another at D as well as the forces of the members BC, EF and CD.
From here I tried to take the moment about point C,
ƩMC = 0
0 = -L(d) + EFcos(17)
however I ran into difficulty because I couldn't figure out what the distance of CE is.
Help would be appreciated