Homework Statement
Problem figure
The rigid body assemblage shown in the figure above, has a force P(t) acting upon it (varying with time). Pick a generalized coordinate such that a single degree of freedom equation of motion can be written.
There is a black, massless, rigid bar. Call this...
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