Hi, can someone explain this problem to me in a different way than the answer key:
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"The box" is referring to a box on the lift plate. First, I'm confused about how the system even works. How can a box weighing 90 kg even be lifted by a counterweight weighing only 50 kg? Besides that, I don't really understand what the answer key is saying. It says that there is nothing to offset the counterweight once the box has been taken off the...
Work with counterweight question
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"The box" is referring to a box on the lift plate. First, I'm confused about how the system even works. How can a box weighing 90 kg even be lifted by a counterweight weighing only 50 kg? Besides that, I don't really understand what the answer key is saying. It says that there is nothing to offset the counterweight once the box has been taken off the...
Work with counterweight question