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Given information

We are given that:-

Mass of the steel beam, .   

 

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.
The force at the left end exerts a torque around the right endpoint. There are three forces acting.
 
The weight of the beam below and is acting at the center of the beam.
 
The weight of the top beam and also acts on its center.
 

For equilibrium:

  

Here,  is the applied force and  represents its corresponding distance from the rotational axis.

 
Consider the rotation about the left support:
   
 

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