Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.6 - Vectors - Exercise Set - Page 783: 72

Answer

The resultant force is $6353\text{ pounds}$ and angle is $1.7{}^\circ $.

Work Step by Step

Magnitude of the first force = $4200$ pounds. The direction of the first force $=$ $\text{N}65{}^\circ \text{E}$. Magnitude of the second force $=3000$ pounds. The direction of the second force $=\text{S}58{}^\circ \text{E}$. The vector component along the x-axis or horizontal is i and the vector component along the y-axis or the vertical direction is j. Let ${{F}_{1}}$ and ${{F}_{2}}$ denote the first and second force acting on the object, respectively. Therefore, the equation becomes $\begin{align} & {{F}_{1}}=4200\cos {{25}^{0}}\text{i}+4200\sin {{25}^{0}}\text{j} \\ & =3806.49\text{i}+1775\text{j} \\ & {{F}_{2}}=3000\cos {{328}^{0}}i+3000\sin {{328}^{0}}j \\ & =2544.14\text{i}-1589.76\text{j} \end{align}$ And, $\begin{align} & F=\left( 3806.49+2544.14 \right)\text{i}+\left( 1775-1589.76 \right)\text{j} \\ & =6350.63\text{i}+185.24\text{j} \end{align}$ So, the magnitude of force vector is as shown below $\begin{align} & \left| \left| F \right| \right|=\sqrt{{{\left( 6350.63 \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( 185.24 \right)}^{2}}} \\ & \approx 6353.33\text{ pounds} \end{align}$ Also, the angle is $\cos \theta =\frac{6350.63}{6353.33}$ Therefore, $\theta =1.7{}^\circ $
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