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Displacement and Force Analysis in Physics

The document describes the displacement of a car that travels in various directions, resulting in a net displacement of 2.0 km south and 3.0 km east from its starting point. It also explains how to find the x and y components of a force using both formal and visual methods, providing calculations for a 400-N force at a 125° angle. Additionally, it demonstrates how to add two coplanar forces by breaking them into components to find the resultant force.

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Displacement and Force Analysis in Physics

The document describes the displacement of a car that travels in various directions, resulting in a net displacement of 2.0 km south and 3.0 km east from its starting point. It also explains how to find the x and y components of a force using both formal and visual methods, providing calculations for a 400-N force at a 125° angle. Additionally, it demonstrates how to add two coplanar forces by breaking them into components to find the resultant force.

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1.21 A car goes 5.0 km east, 3.0 km south, 2.0 km west, and 1.0 km north.

(a) Determine how far north and how


far east it has been displaced. (b) Find the displacement vector both
graphically and algebraically.
I (a) Recalling that vectors can be added in any order we can immediately
add the 3.0-km south and 1.0-km
north displacement vectors to get a net 2.0-km south displacement vector.
Similarly the 5.0-km east and
2.0-km west vectors add to a 3-km east displacement vector. Because the
east displacement contributes no
component along the north-south line and the south displacement has no
component along the east-west line,
the car is -2.0 km north and 3.0 km east of its starting point. (b) Using the
head-to-tail method, we easily can
construct the resultant displacement D as shown in Fig. 1-11.
Algebraically we note that
1.22 Find the x and y components of a 400-N force at an angle of 125° to
the x axis.
I Formal method (uses angle above positive x axis):
F'x = (400 N) cos 125°= - 229 N F;. = (400 N) sin 125°= 327 N
Visual method (uses only acute angles above or below positive or negative
x axis):
1F'x1= F cos ¢ = 400 cos 55° = 229 N IFyI = F sin ¢ = 400 sin 55° = 327 N
By inspection of Fig. 1-12, F'x = -1F'x1 = _-_22_9_NF;; = IF;· I = _32_7_N.
1.23 Add the following two coplanar forces: 30 N at 37° and 50 N at 180°.
I Split each into components and find the resultant: Rx = 24 - 50 = - 26 N,
R, = 18 + 0 = 18 N. Then
R =_31_.6_Nand tan e = 18/-26, so e =_14_5

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