That was actually a typo, the X1 is 350 something. I got it right, I just goofed in the Pythagorean Theorem and made a magnitude negative. Thanks for taking a look at that though. I certainly appreciate that.
Homework Statement
Two forces, 464 N at 10 degrees and 397 N at 35 degrees are applied to a car in an effort to accelerate it. What is the magnitude of the resultant force. Answer in units of N.
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Homework Equations
Pythags Theorem
The Attempt at a...
The final equation I got when I got it correct was V^2={4.9(123^2/Cos(38)^2)} / {123*Tan38-24} Thats what lead me to the correct answer of 40.7: My mistake was that when I was moving terms around I forgot I needed to square 123 and the Cos value. Is that the way you did it too or is there a more...
Alright I solved it, basically I was thinking circles around myself and screwed up some fairly basic algebra. Its funny how something can look so confusing but be so simple. LowlyPion, thank you very much for taking the time to spell that out for me. I don't know how I managed to screw it up...
Thank you for getting back to me. I appreciate the welcome. I started over with this is what's happening. Tell me if I am on the right track here please, I feel like I did the same thing again. I took Vx=Vcos38 and Vy=Vsin38 and t= 123/Vcos38 and I put them into the equation of 24=Vsin38*t -...
This is my first post here so I want to start off introducing myself. My name is Ian and I'm a working on a degree in athletic training. I've done pretty well in any physics related classes so far and for the most part I think I'm hanging in there this semester, but I have come across a problem...