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    How Do You Calculate the Resultant Using Parallelogram Law and Trigonometry?

    Homework Statement I have attached the problem from the book. It is asking to determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant. Homework Equations Law of Sines Law of Cosines The Attempt at a Solution I have started out by using the Parallelogram Law to draw the resultant...
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    Mass being dropped on spinning disk problem NEED HELP

    Mass being dropped on spinning disk problem NEED HELP! 1. A disk has a radius of 1.25m and a mass of 10kg. It lies flat on a smooth table and is spinning with an initial velocity of 10 rad/s about a pin at its center. A 5kg mass is dropped on it at a distance of 0.50m from its center. Find...