✔ 最佳答案
1. draw a simple force diagram:
vertical downward forces:
- due to wt of rod
- 2 other due to wt of the other two hanging objects
vertical upward forces:
- 2 forces due to the lifting forces of the two men
2. Take moments at P (one end of the rod). Since the system is in equilibrium, the total moments = 0. This give you an equation containing all the downward forces and one lifting force (because moment due to lifting force at P =0). So you can readily find the lifting force at the other end Q.
3. Repeat (2) by taking moments at Q.