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DEGREE EXAMIN~ON~
2005.
SecondSemester
Civil Engineering
(Common
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GE 1151 ~ ENG~ERING
Time: Three hours
ALL questions.'
PART A - (10 x 2
1.
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MECHANICS
= 20 marks)
2.
3.
4.
Find the moment of ~ force of 15 N acting along the positive direction 'of
X-axis about the point A (2, 3) .
5.
Distinguish
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PART B .......
(5 x 16
11.
= 80 marks)
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A pole AB, 6 m long is, held by three guy wires, as ;Sbuwn'lm fig. ;2.
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(b)
and
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15.
(a)
(i)
AstoJle isthxown \1p'ward,S from the top ()f_' tower, 7(),m high with a
velocity of 19..2 mJS. Determine its position and velocity when
t = 6 sec.
(8)
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