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Chapter 4 Problem 5E

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Problem 5E

Two dogs pull horizontally on ropes attached to a post; the angle between the ropes is 60.0°. If dog A exerts a force of 270 N and dog B exerts a force of 300 N. find the magnitude of the resultant force and the angle it makes with dog A’s rope.

Solution

Solution 5E

STEP 1:

The force exerted by dog A is 270 N.

The force exerted by dog B is 300 N.

The angle between the forces is .

The graphical representation is given below.

By the law of parallelogram for vector addition, the vector R represents the resultant vector.

This law follows the vector addition formula,

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             .

The magnitude of the resultant force is 428.8 N.

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Title Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics 13 
Author Hugh D. Young; Roger A. Freedman; A. Lewis Ford
ISBN 9780321696861

Answer: Two dogs pull horizontally on ropes attached to a

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