Multiple choice

The sketch shows a column with a pin at base and rollers at the top. It is subjected to an axial force P and a moment M at mid height. The reaction (s) at R is/are

  1. a vertical force equal to P

  2. a vertical force equal to P/2

  3. a vertical force equal to P and a horizontal force equal to M/h

  4. a vertical force equal to P/2 and a horizontal force equal to M/h
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