Determine Magnitude & Dir. of Resultant Force at Anchor Pt. of 2 Cables

[LiamFermoylel]

Homework Statement

Use a suitable graphical method to determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant force acting the anchor point of two cables under tension as shown:

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhoto&albumID=1793679&imageID=24227865&MyToken=0cb4517b-8fb5-4f73-9f12-3d6a830070da

will have to save the image to your computer, it is to small to view on myspace.

im not asking anyone to solve my problem, just someone to help/explain how to work out the values for it.

Thanks
LiamFermoyle

 

[yourdadonapogostick]

It's been deleted or marked as private.

 

[LiamFermoylel]

G*d d*mn it! it shouldn't be marked private. and iv just added the pic :S. ill try again

 

[LiamFermoylel]

<a href="http://s301.photobucket.com/albums/nn60/LiamFermoyle/?action=view&current=untitled.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn60/LiamFermoyle/untitled.jpg" border="0" alt="resultant force thing"></a>

 

[yourdadonapogostick]

 

[LiamFermoylel]

yeh. that's the diagram i was given to work with :S

 

[LiamFermoylel]

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn60/LiamFermoyle/untitled.jpg

 

[Snazzy]

Break both vectors into x and y vectors. Keep track of directions, add the x vectors together, and the y vectors together, and you have two sides of a right triangle. Connect the two vectors together with a line from tail to head and that is your resultant vector.

 

[LiamFermoylel]

thanks dude. :P.

LF