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hi all, please can someone help me. i have a bucket with 2 pieces of string attached at the top to lift it, I am struggling to work out how i can find the position that the string on the right will start taking tension. initially the bucket is on its side and then lifted up with the...

thank you very much for your replies, for equilibrium: clockwise moments must equal anti clockwise moments and because the forces are not perpendicular or parallel to the centreline of the CG the distances L1 and L2 must be the perpendicular distances from the CG to the line of action of...

Homework Statement there is a composite shape (cone with ring attached at open end) total mass 52kg,cone m=22kg, ring=30kg find the 2 forces acting vertically upwards. the shape is lying on its side 21deg from the horizontal. Homework Equations (xtotal x mtotal) = (xcone x mcone) +...