Homework Help: Physics

Posted by sarah on Monday, November 12, 2012 at 6:38pm.

A hiker who weighs 834N, is strolling through the woods and crosses a small horizontal bridge. The bridge is uniform, weighs 3520N, and rests on two concrete supports at each end. He stops one-fifth of the way along the bridge. What is the magnitude of the force that a concrete support exerts on the bridge at the near end?
b). What is the magnitude of the force at the far end?

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