Question

Two forces act on an object. The first Force has a magnitude of 300 Newtons and acts at an angle of 30 degrees as measured from the horizontal. Second Force has a magnitude of 150 Newtons in accident angle of 135 degrees is measured from the horizontal. Determine the vector v that represents the resultant Force

Answer 1

This is a question of resolving the forces in question into horizontal and vertical and then finding the action of the resultant force.
The first force acts at an angle less than 90° and thus its resolved forces are positive. The second force acts at angle larger than 90° and is incident and thus its horizontal value is positive while its vertical value is negative.

Therefore;
For force of 300 N at 30°;
Horizontal value = 300*Cos 30 = 259.81 N
Vertical value = 300*Sin 30 = 150 N

For 150 N at 135°;
Horizontal value = 150*Cos (180-135) = 106.07 N
Vertical value = -150*Sin (180-135) = -106.07 N

Then,
Resultant horizontal value = 259.81+106.07 = 365.88 N
Resultant vertical value = 150-106.07 = 43.93 N

Therefore,
Resultant force, v = Sqrt (365.88^2+43.93^2) = 368.51 N
Angle of action measured from horizontal = tan ^-1(43.93/365.88) 6.85°

Then,
v = 368.51 N at 6.85° from horizontal