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Chapter 5 Problem 6P

Question

When you bend your knee, the quadriceps muscle is stretched. This increases the tension in the quadriceps tendon attached to your kneecap (patella), which, in turn, increases the tension in the patella tendon that attaches your kneecap to your lower leg bone (tibia). Simultaneously, the end of your upper leg bone (femur) pushes outward on the patella. Figure P5.5 shows how these parts of a knee joint are arranged. What size force does the femur exert on the kneecap if the tendons are oriented as in the figure and the tension in each tendon is 60 N?

Solution

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The tensions \({T_1},{T_2}\) are given as 60 N and 60 N, and the angle \(\theta\) is given as 42 degrees. The free body diagram is drawn as,

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Title College Physics 12 
Author Randall D. Knight
ISBN 9780321595492

When you bend your knee, the quadriceps muscle is

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