The figure shows an L shaped rigid bar A B C D with a horizontal segment A B C of length 750 millimeters and a vertical segment C D of height 300 millimeters. The bar is pinned at C and supported by vertical and horizontal rods labeled 1 and 2 of length 600 millimeters and 150 millimeters at A and D respectively. The other end of the support rods is pinned. A load P which equals 80 kilo newtons directed vertically downwards acts at the point B which is 400 millimeters to the right of C. The bar is deflected downwards at the point A and deflected leftwards at the point D. The initial length of the support rod 1 is L subscript 1 and the final elongated length is L subscript final. The downward deflection at A is v subscript A. The initial length of support rod 2 is L subscript 2 and the final compressed length is L subscript final. The leftward deflection is v subscript D.

Using the notion of similar triangles, the relationship between the rigid bar deflection at points A and D can be expressed as:

vA750 mm=vD300 mm