For years, the young Taco Prince knew he would one day be forcedto battle his rival, the Burrito known as “Happy Dave, TheDestroyer of Worldsâ€, to see who would become ruler of CornTortilla Mountain. And that day had finally arrived. As thechallenger to the throne, Dave, the burrito, was required to waitat the end of a beam suspended above a lake of molten Chile ConQueso cheese dip. The Taco Prince was prepared to walk out onto thebeam and face his nemesis. The 6 meter long beam has a mass of 100kg, the Taco Prince’s mass is 40 kg (he’s a really big Taco), andthe burrito’s mass is 50 kg (including the tomato wedge he’s usingas a weapon). Oh, and for some reason Jon is hanging from the beamtoo. His mass is 70 kg, and he’s hanging from a spot 3.5 metersfrom the left end, where the beam attaches loosely to a wall. Acable attaches 0.50 meters in from the right end of the beam,angled as shown. a. If the cable will snap once the tension reaches1,800 Newtons, how close to the end of the beam can the Taco Princesafely go, assuming Dave stays where he is? b. Determine themagnitude of the force that the wall exerts on the beam. Note thatit may be easier to first treat it as a separate horizontal andvertical force, and then find the magnitude.
