Find the magnitude and the direction of the resultant vector

chwala said:

##\left( \dfrac {x} {y} \right)## = ##\left( \dfrac {10 \cos 40^0} {10 \sin 40^0} \right)## + ##\left( \dfrac {4 \cos 150^0} {4\sin 150^0} \right)## + ##\left( \dfrac {6 \cos 260^0} {6 \sin 260^0} \right) ## = ##\left( \dfrac {7.66} {6.43} \right) ## + ##\left( \dfrac {-3.464} {2} \right)## + ##\left( \dfrac {-1.042} {-5.91} \right) ## =

##\left( \dfrac {3.154} {2.52} \right)## ##R = \sqrt {3.154^2 + 2.52^2} = \sqrt {16.3} = 4.03## N

chwala said:

Homework Statement: See attached
Relevant Equations: Mechanics

Going through this ( Revision) A salways your insights are quite helpful.

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I would like to go through all these questions; i will start with (5),

##\left( \dfrac {x} {y} \right)## = ##\left( \dfrac {10 \cos 40^0} {10 \sin 40^0} \right)## + ##\left( \dfrac {4 \cos 150^0} {4\sin 150^0} \right)## + ##\left( \dfrac {6 \cos 260^0} {6 \sin 260^0} \right) ## = ##\left( \dfrac {7.66} {6.43} \right) ## + ##\left( \dfrac {-3.464} {2} \right)## + ##\left( \dfrac {-1.042} {-5.91} \right) ## =


##\left( \dfrac {3.154} {2.52} \right)##
##R = \sqrt {3.154^2 + 2.52^2} = \sqrt {16.3} = 4.03## N
For direction,

##\tan^{-1} \dfrac{2.52}{3.154} = tan^{-1} 0.79898 = 38.6^0## anticlockwise from the x-axis.

chwala said:

For 6.
My lines are as follows,
##F_x = 24 + -19.2 = 4.8##
noting that ##g=-10## m/s^2.

chwala said:

##F_y = 7 + 14.8 + -20 = -1.8##

chwala said:

##F_{Resultant}=\sqrt {4.8^2 + (-1.8)^2}=\sqrt {26.28} = 5.126## to 3 decimal places.

chwala said:

##F = ma##
##a = \dfrac{5.126}{2} = 2.56## m/s^2.
For direction, i have ##\tan^{-1}\left[\dfrac{-1.8}{4.8}\right]=\tan^{-1} (-0.375)=- 20.6^0##.

chwala said:

Therefore the direction =##20.6^0## in the ##x## direction.

Mark44 said:

That's a pretty rough approximation. A more precise value is -9.8 m/sec^2.

I don't get a negative result, nor should you.

It doesn't make sense to report a result to 3 decimal places when your value for g is so rough.


???
Your previous result was -20.6°, which would mean that even with the engine running, the plane will not stay aloft very long. The resultant vector should have a direction that is positive relative to the x-axis, not one that is negative.

Also, in LaTeX you can write degrees using \circ rather than using 0 as an exponent. For example ##-20.6^{\circ}##. (Unrendered ##-20.6^{\circ} ##)