Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Force Vectors - Section 2.9 - Dot Product - Problems - Page 80: 134

Answer

$\theta=23.4^{\circ}$

Work Step by Step

Use the $x, y, z$ axes. $ \begin{aligned} \mathbf{u}_{A B} & =\left(\frac{-0.5 \mathbf{i}+0.2 \mathbf{j}+0.2 \mathbf{k}}{0.57446}\right) \\ & =-0.8704 \mathbf{i}+0.3482 \mathbf{j}+0.3482 \mathbf{k} \\ \mathbf{F} & =-100 \cos 10^{\circ} \mathbf{i}+100 \sin 10^{\circ} \mathbf{k} \\ \theta & =\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{\mathbf{F} \cdot \mathbf{u}_{A B}}{F u_{A B}}\right) \\ & =\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{-100\left(\cos 10^{\circ}\right)(-0.8704)+0+100 \sin 10^{\circ}(0.3482)}{100(1)}\right) \\ & =\cos ^{-1}(0.9176)=23.4^{\circ} \end{aligned} $
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