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    Jul 5, 2008, 04:35 PM
    Finding the Magnitude and Direction of Force one with the Resultant Given
    Determine the magnitude and direction theata of F1 so that the resultant force is directed vertically upward and has a magnitude of 800N.

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    I have difficulty of where to start the problem? Do I sum up the forces of the x axis with unknowns in it and forces of the y axis with the unknown forces... where should I start... and how do I start solving the problem??

    Please someone help me with this...

    Thanks,

    Nacha
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    Jul 7, 2008, 02:38 PM
    Start by breaking the problem in two - consider the components of the forces in the horizontal direction seprarately from the components of the forces in the vertical direction. You want to have and . The 600N force that goes up to the left has a horizontal component of 600N * (-4/5) (note that its sign is negative as it goes to the left), and a vertical component of 600N * 3/5. The 400N force going up to the right has a horizontal component of 400N * cos(30), and a vertical componenet of 400* sin(30). The unknown force has a horizontal component of and a vertical component of . So summing all the horizontal forces and setting that equal to 0 yields:



    From this you can determine the value for .

    Then sum the forces in the vertical direction:



    This gives you . The value of can then be found from:


    and the direction of is:

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    Jul 7, 2008, 03:44 PM
    Hi,

    Thanks a lot for helping me solve this problem, really it was a great help.

    It's good to know that people like you are there for help. :)

    Thanks,

    Nacha
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    Jan 4, 2010, 10:04 AM
    A force of 2n acts upon a point 'A' at an angle of 55 degres. From the same point 'A' another force of 5n at an angle of -20 degres is applied. Calculate the resultant force and its direction using trigonometric functions

    If anyone can help me with this it would be much appreciated

    Thanks

    Andy
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    Jan 5, 2010, 08:26 PM

    bayley86, you should have started another thread.

    Your problem involves 2 forces. So, make a sketch. From that, use the parallelogram law of forces and you'll have a rough idea of how and where the resultant is. From that, you'll be able to find everything.

    You'll need the use of the cosine rule to find the magnitude of the resultant. Then, some simple trigonometric ratios to find the angle at which it occurs.
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    Jan 6, 2010, 08:10 AM

    thanks for your reply I have started a couple of threds now with different questions I didn't no how to use this website at first.

    please could you do an example using different values so I can understand it better would help me a lot.

    thanks for your time

    andy
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    Jan 6, 2010, 09:59 AM

    Hmm, I'll take the question that Nacha asked. I'll take the y axis as the line of reference for the measurements of angle. And, I'll take the angle from the y axis to the 600 N force to be 45 degrees for ease of work.

    So, we need to find the resultant of the 600 N (45 degrees from y axis) and 400 N (-60 degrees from y axis) forces.

    Using parallelogram law of forces, you'll get a figure similar to that:

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    Well, you will need to find the 'length' (magnitude) of the resultant (double arrowhead). You can find this by using the cosine rule and taking the two sides of the triangle with sides 400 N, 600 N and resultant.

    The angle between the 400 N and 600 N is found to be 75 degrees ([45 + 30] degrees, or [180 - (60+45)] degrees)

    Now, the cosine rule:



    A = ?
    B = 600
    C = 400
    = 75

    Solving, you'll get A = 629.1 N

    Now, to find the angle, I'll use the sine rule.



    Here, angle a is 75
    A is 629.1
    B is 600
    angle b = ?

    From the sine rule, you get angle b = 67.1 degrees.

    But you know that the angle between the y axis and the 400 N force is 60 degrees and the angle in the triangle is more than that. So, the angle from the y axis is [67.1-60] = 7.1 degrees.

    Hence, resultant force = 629.1 N, 7.1 degrees (anticlockwise) from y axis.
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    Jan 7, 2010, 10:19 AM

    I couldn't get the same answers as you on the example but I tried it for the question and I got
    75 degres for the angle between 55 and -20
    2^2+5^2-2(2x5)cos75=23.824

    last time I used the cosine rule I had to cos-1 the answer but I get a math error
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    Jan 7, 2010, 10:33 AM

    Well, using the cosine rule to find the magnitude of the resultant;



    Do not forget that the cosine rule in its original form gives the square of the side you're looking for.
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    Jan 7, 2010, 10:57 AM

    thanks

    is the angle

    sin75/4.88=0.198 degres
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    Jan 7, 2010, 11:06 AM

    Hmm, OK, I will take the lower triangle.



    And I get 23.32 degrees.

    Since the angle from the horizontal is 20 up to the 5 N force, and the angle from the 5 N force to the resultant is 23.32, the angle from the horizontal to the resultant is 3.32 degrees.
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    Jan 7, 2010, 11:26 AM

    I can't get 23.32 can you write how you put this into a calculator please
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    Jan 7, 2010, 11:33 AM

    well, the angle opposite of the 4.88 N is found to be 105 degrees.

    So, find the first ratio first. Type sin 105, then divide by 4.88.
    Multiply by 2.
    Then press sin inverse of the 'answer'.

    Or if you are used to brackets, you type:
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    Jan 7, 2010, 02:00 PM

    Thanks for your help much appreciated
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    Jan 7, 2010, 02:31 PM

    I've put some more questions up about trigonometric and hyperbolic identities, power series and geometric progressions if you know anything about them.

    Thanks

    Andy

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