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1. A one-story retail store has a rigid roof diaphragm. It resists a lateral load of 800 lb/ft in the

S-N direction as shown. Determine

a. the maximum shear forces in the three N-S shear walls (ignore torsional effects). The

rigidity of each wall is proportional to the wall length.

b. The forces in the collector at points A and B

Fig: 1