The forces on the gusset plate shown in the figure are F1=8.0 kN, F2=4.8 kN, F3=5.0 kN and F4=8.5 kN. Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant by rectangular component method.
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First, we need to find the x and y components of each force. To do this, we can use the following formulas: F_x = F * cos(theta) F_y = F * sin(theta) where F is the magnitude of the force and theta is the angle it makes with the positive x-axis. For F1: F1_x = Show more…
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