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CAPE Building and Mechanical Engineering Drawing Unit 2 · 2016 · Paper 2 · Question 1(a)

Figure 1 illustrates a simply supported beam carrying concentrated loads of 10 kN, 20 kN, and 30 kN.

Find, graphically, the magnitude of the reactions R_A and R_D.

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  1. 1(b)Verify, analytically, the magnitude of the reactions R_A and R_D.[5 marks]

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