A small bucket crane (also known as a cherry picker, see Fig. a) is used to lift a man and materials to make repairs to a building façade. Find the force in hydraulic cylinder BE (Fig. b). The cylinder is pin-connected to the boom at E and to pin-connected links BA and BC. Assume that the mass of the bucket and contents is m 190 kg, and the combined mass of the boom, cylinder, and links is 950 kg.

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