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    The document contains problems related to vectors and vector operations. It includes problems on determining the magnitude and direction of the resultant of two vectors using the parallelogram law. Other problems involve finding the rectangular components of forces, calculating the magnitude of the resultant of multiple forces, determining angles between forces, and performing vector operations like dot product, cross product, and scalar triple product on given vectors.

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    of 5

    Problem No.

    1:

    For the given vectors shown below, determine (a) the magnitude of the
    resultant  V1 + V2 using the parallelogram law of addition, (b) the angle between
    the resultant V1 + V2  and the positive -axis.
    Solution:

    R 3
    360=2 ( 75 ° ) +2∝=105° =
    sin 105 sin ∝

    R=
    a 2+b 2−2 abcosθ ∝=31.22 °

    R=
    4 2 +32−2 ( 4 ) ( 3 ) cos ( 105 ) 5.59<31.22 °

    R= 5.59

    Problem No. 2:

    Using the figure below, if the magnitude of the resultant of the 700 N force
    and F is a 500 N force directed along the positive  axis, determine (a) the
    magnitude of force F, (b) the angle θ.
    sin ∝ sin 105
    Solution: =
    700 959.78

    c= )
    a 2+b 2−2 abcosθ ∝=sin−1 ¿

    c=
    7002 +5002−2 ( 700 ) ( 500 ) cos ( 105 ) ∝=44.79°

    c= 959.78 N

    θ=90 °−44.79

    θ=45.21 °

    Activity 2:
    Solve the following problems related to the representation of vectors using
    rectangular components.

    Problem No. 1:

    From the given figure, determine the rectangular representation of the following:
    (a) the 800 N force, (b) the 500 N force.

    Problem No. 2:

    From the given figure shown, determine (a) the rectangular representation of the
    tensile force on cable  where T=3 kN , (b) the direction angles of  T measured
    from  C to D.
    Problem No. 3:

    From the given figure, the roof is supported by two cables shown. The force being
    exerted by the cables are  FAB =100 N and  FAC  = 120 N on the wall hook at .
    Calculate the following: (a) the rectangular representation of FAB , (b) the
    rectangular representation of  FAC , (c) the magnitude of the resultant force
    of  FAB  and FAC .
    Solution:

    F AB=( 4 i−4 k ) m F A C =( 4 i+ 2 j−4 k ) m

    F AB=√ 4 2+(−4¿¿ 2)=5.66 m ¿ F AC =√ 4 2+22 −4 2=6 m

    4 4 4 2 4
    F AB=( i− k) F AC =120 N ( i+ j− k )
    5.66 5.66 6 6 6

    F AB=( 70.7 i−70.7 k ) N F AC =( 80 i+ 40 j−80 k ) N

    F R =F AB + F AC

    F R =70.7 i−70.7 k +80 i+40 j−80 k

    F R =151i+40 j−151 k

    Problem No. 4:
    Using the given figure, the resultant force of the three forces acting on the bracket
    is a 750 N force directed along the positive -axis, determine the magnitude of  F
    and its direction θ.

    Activity 3:

    Solve the following problems related to vector multiplication.

    Problem No. 1:

    From the given figure, two cables attached from A to B and A to C with a tensile
    force of

    F1=70 N and F2=40  N, respectively. Calculate the following: (a) the dot product

    F1.F2    (b) the angle θ between  F1 and F2 , (c) the orthogonal component of F1   in


    the direction of F2 .

    Problem No. 2:
    Given two vectors:  A = 5i - 2j + 2k ft and B = -3i + 2j + 2k ft  . Calculate the
    following: (a) the cross product A x B  , and (b) the unit vector that is
    perpendicular to both A  and B .

    Problem No. 3:

    Calculate the scalar triple product A x B . C, given the following: 

    A = 32i + 22j + 17k N , B = -5i - 8j + 12k m, and  C =2i -4j + 3k m.

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