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A thin long beam is pivoted on a knife-edge at the location A. A mass m is suspended at the...

A thin long beam is pivoted on a knife-edge at the location A. A mass m is suspended at the location C on the beam and the beam is slanted as shown in thediagram.
***See Figure http://www.webassign.net/ncsuplsemech2/6-pre-004.gif

(a) Which of the following represents the axis of rotation?
A B C

(b) Which of the following represents the lever arm for the force exerted by the mass m?
AB BC CA Zero
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AB is called liver arm ,

The perpendicular distance of line of action of force from axix of rotation

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