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    Boxes, cables, and girders (torque and equilibirum problem)

    Usually I'm pretty good with torque and such but this one had me. A box of mass 75 kg is put on a 10-m long steel beam of mass 150 kg and is connected to the wall and supported by a steel cable. The box is located 2.5 m from the wall and the cable makes 60o angle with the beam. What are the...