General Physics

Chapter 4

Worksheet
Resolving Vectors 1
Problems from Page 78-79

Name

1.

A child pulls a toy by exerting a force of 15.0 N on a string making an angle of 55.0 with the floor. Find the vertical
and horizontal components of the force.

2.

A person pushes a grocery cart by exerting a 76.0 N force on the handle inclined at 40.0 below horizontal. (a)
What component of the force pushes the cart against the floor? (b) What component of the force moves it forward?

3.

A 20,000. N car is parked on an incline that makes an angle of 30.0 with the horizontal. If the maximum force the
brakes can withstand is 12,000. N, will the car remain at rest?

Answers:

1. FH=8.60 N; FV=12.3 N
4. x=81.6 N; y=33.0 N
7. 2605 N

2. FV=48.9 N; FH=58.2 N
5. 577 N
8. (a) Yes (b) 183 m

3. FP=10000. N < 12000 N so it will hold

6. (a) 863 N (b) 707 N