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The energy that comes out of the explosion makes a shockwave. The shockwave passing you is the boom that you hear... same as a jet breaking the sound barrier. That is why you can not stand to close to an explosion besides the heat, the impact of the shockwave will kill you too. The shockwave...

I found Ax= -50 too, but I found Ay=96kN and By=104kN. To find Ay and By I used moments. Taking the moment around A you find the equation. Ma = 100kN(2.25m) + 100kN(4.25m) - By(6.25m) When you solve this I get By = 104kN. From their you just take 200kN - 104kN and that gets you...