//Initilization of variables W=1000 //N Lad=7.5 //m Lae=1.5 //m La1=3.75 //m //distance of 1st 1000N load from pt A La2=5 //m //distance of 2nd 1000N load from pt A La3=6 //m // distance of 3rd 1000N load from pt A // Calculations (part1) //using matrix to solve the given eqn's 1 & 2 A=[1 -2.5;3.5 -5] B=[1000;7250] C=inv(A)*B //Calculations (part 2) //Consider combined F.B.D of beams AB,BC &CD. Take moment at A Re=((W*La1)+(W*La2)+(W*La3)+(C(2)*Lad)-(C(1)*La3))/Lae //N Ra=C(2)-Re-C(1)+(3*W) //N //Taking sum of forces in Y direction //Results clc printf('The reaction at F i.e Rf is %f N \n',C(1)) printf('The reaction at D i.e Rd is %f N \n',C(2)) printf('The reaction at pt E i.e Re is %f N \n',Re) printf('The reaction at pt A i.e Ra is %f N \n',Ra) //acting vertically downwards