I solved this on my own. For some reason I thought the problem was stating that F2 directed along r2 was an additional force (another force pulling it out, or something pushing from behind). It was actually saying the crank needed to produce that much force in the r2 direction, which is...
Homework Statement
A crate is stuck in quicksand. The man trying to get the crate out of the quicksand thinks that a force of 2700 N applied in the direction r2 will be sufficient to get the crate free. The crate also has a cable attached to it that is connected to a mechanical crank in the...
I have uploaded my question along with all of my work to Google Docs as a PDF, it can be found https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B35_M3cbY5nxMTE5Y2NjMzgtYzQ0MC00YmNjLTg1ZDktZmVlYjA4MTQxNzE2&hl=en&authkey=CL-llawP", which is why I did not follow the template provided. (I already had it in a...