Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Gravity - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 413: 74

Answer

$F=2.91\times 10^{-12}N$ $\alpha=83.4^{\circ}$

Work Step by Step

We know that $F_1=\frac{(6.67\times 10^{-11}Nm^2/Kg^2)(1.00Kg)(3.00Kg)}{(10.0m)^2}$ $\implies F_1=0.2001\times 10^{-11}N$ and $F_2=\frac{(6.67\times 10^{-11}Nm^2/Kg^2)(1.00Kg)(2.00Kg)}{(10.00m)^2}$ $\implies F_2=0.1334\times 10^{-11}N$ Now $F_{x}=F_{1x}+F_{2x}$ $\implies F_{x}=-(0.2001\times 10^{-11}N)cos60+(0.1334\times 10^{-11}N)cos60$ $\implies F_{x}=-0.03335\times 10^{-11}N$ and $F_{y}=-(0.2001\times 10^{-11}N)sin60-(0.1334\times 10^{-11})sin60$ $\implies F_{y}=-0.2888\times 10^{-11}N$ The magnitude of the force is $F=\sqrt{F_x^2+F_y^2}$ $F=\sqrt{(-0.03335\times 10^{-11}N)^2+(-0.2888\times 10^{-11}N)^2}$ $\implies F=2.91\times 10^{-12}N$ Now the direction can be determined as: $\alpha=tan^{-1}(\frac{F_y}{F_x})$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\alpha=tan^{-1}(\frac{-0.2888\times 10^{-11}N}{-0.03335\times 10^{-11}N})$ $\implies \alpha=180^{\circ}+tan^{-1}(\frac{-0.2888\times 10^{-11}N}{-0.03335\times 10^{-11}N})$ $\implies \alpha=83.4^{\circ}$ below the horizontal
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