Problem statements
Solution video – H5.A
Solution video – H5.B
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DISCUSSION THREAD
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This looks hard
Should I draw fbd’s for the points?
What I did was treat the plate as a point particle at its center of mass. Because we are not worried about torque/moments, we can also take all force to be coming out of this point.