Two people are pulling a box with two different forces.
F1 has a magnitude of 5.00 N and acts at 500, and F2 has a magnitude of 2.00 N and acts at 3000.
1. Use the head to tail method and RULER AND PROTRACTOR to add the two vectors and find the magnitude and direction of the resultant: F1 + F2 = R. For each vector, show the x and y components on the picture, but use RULER AND PROTRACTOR to find the magnitude and direction of R. Use 2cm = 1.00N conversion factor.
|R| =
angle =
2. Use the component method to find the force E that equilibrates the system: F1 + F2 + E = 0. Show your calculations to get credit.
X component
Y component
F1
F2
E
|E| =
angle =
3. How are the magnitudes of the equilibrant and resultant related? Use the values calculated above to calculate the % difference.
4. How are the angles of the equilibrant and resultant related? Use the values calculated above to calculate the % difference. Remember that - as they are opposite in direction - you have to add 1800 to the lower of the two to compare them.