Wouldn't it depend on the weight of the bridge? OK, the bridge is massless.
about the left side: 9000*.6 is the torque due to the truck. Of course, the bridge weight matters, as does the right support holding half the bridge.
A while crossing a bridge that is 3.6 km long, a truck weighing 9000 N is stalls 0.6 km from the left side of the bridge
Calculate the torque about the left support due to the truck
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see that's where is confused me. It didn't give me anything for the weight of the bridge.
And I tried 9000*.6 and it's still saying i'm wrong.
This is kind of what the diagram looks like. O is the truck
F left
^
I
I ^ F right
I I
I_____O___________________I
I
I
I
V weight
And I tried 9000*.6 and it's still saying i'm wrong.
This is kind of what the diagram looks like. O is the truck
F left
^
I
I ^ F right
I I
I_____O___________________I
I
I
I
V weight
torque on the left is: assume there is no support on the right side, and you are left with a wrench lever arm: distance from left: 600m x 9000N.
(clockwise)