Force Vectors

Monday, August 11, 2014

9:15 PM

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First. Break the vectors into it's component

vectors.
Second. Add the x components and the y
components.
Third. Find the magnitude of the resultant.
Fourth. Draw the resultant and the component
vectors.
Fifth. Use Trig to solve for theta.

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First. Break the vectors into its component

vectors.
a. This can be done by using the
ratio between a side and the
hypotenuse or using trig.
Second. Add the components.
Third. Find the Magnitude of Resultant

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First. Find the components you know how to find.

Second. Square the components and set them equal to
the force vector.
Third. Solve for the unknown component.
Fourth. Set the force vector multiplied by cosine of B
equal to the component vector.
Fifth. Use trig to solve for B.
Sixth. Use the components from the third step to write
it in Cartesian.

First. Find the Hypotenuse of the grey triangle

lying flat on the xy-plane.

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First. Solve for the component vectors.

a. For vectors that only have 2
components simple trig can be
used.
b. To solve for vectors with 3
components, you must first
solve for a leg of a triangle that
allows (usually the
Hypotenuse) to use simple trig
to solve the other two vectors.
Second. Use the components to write the
vectors in Cartesian Coordinates (i-jk).
Third. Add the components find the
resultant.
Fourth. Find the magnitude of the resultant.
Fifth. Take the arccosine of each resultant
component divided by the
magnitude.

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First. Find the 3 points.

Second. Subtract the final points
minus the initial point to find
the distance between the two
points.
Third. Take the three component
distances and find the
magnitude of the distance.
Fourth. Take the component distances
and divide them by the
magnitude.
Fifth. Multiply the force vector by
the appropriate component
divided by the magnitude.
Sixth. Add the components from the
two vectors and find the
resultant.
Seventh. Find the magnitude of the
resultant.
Eighth. Set the magnitude of the
resultant multiplied by the
cosine of each angle equal to
the appropriate component of
the resultant.

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First. Find where the two edges

intersect.
Second. Find the vectors that go along
the edge.
Third. Find the dot product of them
Fourth. Find the magnitude of the two
vectors.
Fifth. Find the arccosine of the dot
product divided by the two
magnitudes multiplied by each
other.

First. Find the distance between point B

and C.
Second. Find the magnitude of the distance
between B and C.
Third. Find the dot product of the unit
vector of B to C and the Force
vector. This is the amount of force
along the B to C.
Fourth. To find the force perpendicular to
BC.
Fifth. Square the components of the
force vector minus the force
acting along BC.
Sixth. Take the square root of the
previous step.

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Sixth. Take the square root of the

previous step.

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