Solved: You are on a pirate ship and being forced to walk

Chapter 12, Problem 12.92

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You are on a pirate ship and being forced to walk the plank(Fig. 12-98). You are standing at the point marked C. Theplank is nailed onto the deck at point A, and rests on thesupport 0.75 m away from A. The center of mass of the uniformplank is located atpoint B. Your mass is65 kg and the mass ofthe plank is 45 kg.What is the minimumdownward force thenails must exert onthe plank to hold it inplace?FIGURE 12-98 92.

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