Exercise No.

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Name: ____________________________________ Course, Yr. and Section: _________

1. Determine the resultant of the coplanar forces 100N, 0 and 200N, 90.

2. Determine the resultant of the coplanar forces 32N, 20 and 64N, 190.

3. Find the resultant of the coplanar forces 80N, -30 and 60 N, 60.

4. Find the resultant of the concurrent coplanar forces 120N, 78 and 70N, 293.

5. The resultant of two coplanar forces is 18 oz. at 30. If one of the forces is 28 oz., at 0, determine

each other.

6. The resultant of two coplanar forces is 36N, at 45. If one of the forces is 24N at 0, find the other force.

7. The resultant of two coplanar forces is 50N at 143. One of the forces is 120N at 238. Determine the

missing force.

8. In a plane, subtract 80 lb., 0, from 45 lb. 180.

9. In a plane, subtract a force 20N, 180 from the force 40N, 270.

10. Determine the resultant of the coplanar forces: 6 oz., 38; 12 oz., 73; 18 oz., 67; 24 oz., 131.

11. Determine the resultant of the coplanar forces 20 lb.. 0; 20 lb., 30; 20 lb., 60; 20 lb., 90; 20 lb.,

120; 20 lb., 150.

12. Find the single force to replace the following coplanar forces: 150N, 78; 320N, 143; 485N, 249;

98N, 305; 251N, 84.

13. A sled is being pulled by a force of 25 lb. exerted on a rope inclined 30 with the horizontal. What is

the effective component of the force pulling the sled? What is the component tending to lift the sled

vertically? 25 lb.

30

14. Determine the resultant of the following coplanar forces: 15N, 30; 55N, 80; 90N, 210; and 130N,

260.

15. A car traveling at a constant speed in a tunnel up a 1 per cent grade. If the car and passenger weigh

3100 lb., what tractive force must the engine supply to just overcome the component of the

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Ws Wr

traction force

f = 0.01

16. A boat is being towed through a canal by a horizontal cable which makes an angle of 10 with the

shore. If the pull on the cable is 200N, find the force tending to move the boat along the canal.

17. Express in terms of the unit vectors i, j, and k the force of 200N that starts at the point (2,5,-3) and

passes through the point (-3,2,1).

18. Determine the resultant of the three forces: F1 = 2.0i + 3.3j – 2.6k; F2 = -i + 5.2j -2.9k; F3 = 8.3i - 6.6k

+ 5.8k which are concurrent at the point (2,2,-5).

19. The pulley shown in the figure is free to ride on the supporting guide wire. If the pulley supports a 160

lb. weight, what is the tension in the wire?

20 20

160 lb.

20. Two cables supports a 500 lb. weight as shown in the figure. Determine the tension in each cable.

lb. weight, what is the tension in the wire?

30

90

500 lb.

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