This was my first thought:
The lid is 25 degrees from horizontal plus an additional 55 degrees to get to Q. 25+55=80
So I am at 80 degrees, and if the resultant vector is 13.3 degrees from Q, that's 93.3 degrees.
I'm still missing something because the answer is 86.7 degrees.
But now:
I...
I guess that's what I'm trying to figure out.
I also find the wording in this problem poor because since the answer is 86.7 pointing to the second quadrant (??), does that mean it's 86.7 from the already 25 degree slant? or from the 1st quadrant x axis? or from where?
Homework Statement
Two forces P and Q are applied to the lid of a storage bin as shown (see picture). Knowing that P = 48N and Q = 60N, determine by trigonometry the magnitude and direction of the resultant of the two forces.
Homework Equations
"The triangle method" where you put each...