Physics (10th Edition)

Published by Wiley
ISBN 10: 1118486897
ISBN 13: 978-1-11848-689-4

Chapter 1 - Introduction and Mathematical Concepts - Problems - Page 23: 50

Answer

$13.3\space m,\space 51.7^{\circ}$

Work Step by Step

Please see the attached image first. Here we use the component method to find the magnitude & the direction of the resultant vector R. We can write, $R=A+B+C+D$ x component of $R=R_{x}=Dcos50^{\circ}-Acos20^{\circ}-Ccos35^{\circ}$ $R_{x}=26\space m\times0.64-16\space m\times0.94-12\space m\times0.82=-8.24\space m$ y component of $R=R_{y}=B-Dsin50^{\circ}+Asin20^{\circ}-Csin35^{\circ}$ $R_{y}=11\space m-26\space m\times0.77+16\space m\times0.34-12\space m\times0.57=-10.42\space m$ $R=\sqrt {R_{x}^{2}+R_{y}^{2}}=\sqrt {(-8.24\space m)^{2}+(10.42\space m)^{2}}=13.3\space m$ From the right-hand side figure of the image, $tan\theta=\frac{|R_{y}|}{|R_{x}|}=\frac{10.42}{8.24}=\gt \theta=tan^{-1}(1.26)=51.7^{\circ}$
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