Further Mathematics Paper 2, WASSCE (PC), 2019

Question 6

 

A uniform beam, WX, of length 90 cm and weight 50 N is suspended on a pivot, 35 cm from W. It is kept in equilibrium by a means of forces T and 20 N applied at Y and Z respectively. |WY| = 10 cm and |XZ| = 10 cm. find the value of T.

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