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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=

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