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I think I finally understand this, can you confirm? I thought the arrow of force had to be perpendicular to the pivot, but it seems this is not the case. I've calculated the components of the original force to see if the different perpendicular distances give me the same moment. I think the...

Ok, is this the way I'm supposed to do these types of problems where the beam is not perpendicular to the pivot? Calculate the vector component of the force so that the force is perpendicular to the pivot even if the beam is not? I'm used to the following types of problems and then suddenly...

When I do these kinds of problems usually the beam/ladder are always perpendicular to the pivot/r making it hard to work out how these things work. Ok, does this mean that the force always needs to be perpendicular to the pivot even if it results in the force not being perpendicular to the...

Homework Statement Homework Equations Moment = force * perpendicular distance The Attempt at a Solution My book says the answer is 59N, I don't get why my method failed, I use the exact same thing for problems such as calculating the contact force produced by the ground at the end of a...