Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Newton's Laws of Motion - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 142: 33

Answer

$146^{\circ}, 7.8N$

Work Step by Step

We know that $F_{1x}+F_{2x}+F_{3x}=0$ $\implies 6.5N+0+F_{3x}=0$ $\implies F_{3x}=-6.5N$ Similarly, $F_{1y}+F_{2y}+F_{3y}=0$ $\implies 0-4.4N+F_{3y}=0$ $F_{3y}=4.4N$ Now $F_3=\sqrt{F_{3x}^2+F_{3y}^2}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $F_3=\sqrt{(-6.5N)^2+(4.4N)^2}$ $F_3=7.8N$ We can find the direction of the force as $\theta=tan^{-1}(\frac{F_{3y}}{F_{3x}})$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\theta=tan^{-1}(\frac{4.4N}{-6.5N})$ $\theta=146^{\circ}$
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