Meriam, Kraige & Bolton — Kinetics of Particles: Problem 3_28

3/28 The sliders A and B are connected by a light rigid bar of length \(l = 20 \text{ in.}\) and move with negligible friction in the slots, both of which lie in a horizontal plane. For the position where \(x_A = 16 \text{ in.}\), the velocity of A is \(v_A = 3 \text{ ft/sec}\) to the right. Determine the acceleration of each slider and the force in the bar at this instant.