PROBLEM 3.44
Slider P can move along rod OA. An clastic cord PC
attached to the slider and {o the vertical member BC
Determine the distance from O to P for which cord PC and
rod OA are perpendicular,
SOLUTION
First note A= ay +0
Then oy = hah 121 +144)
“OA IR
=Leis2)-k)
Let the coordinates of Point P be (r in., in, in.), ‘Then
PE=[9— xin t+ (15 — yyin Ij [02
dop
Also, OP = dyphax
and OP =(x in ir inj + ink
2 1
J aop z=