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

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The discussion revolves around determining the magnitude and direction of the resultant force at an anchor point of two cables under tension, using a graphical method. The original poster shares a diagram to aid in this analysis.

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  • The original poster seeks guidance on how to work out the values for the resultant force without asking for a complete solution. Some participants suggest breaking down the vectors into their x and y components and connecting them to form a right triangle.

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The discussion is ongoing, with participants exploring different interpretations of the problem. Some guidance has been offered regarding vector decomposition, but no consensus has been reached on a specific method or solution.

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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.

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It's been deleted or marked as private.
 
G*d d*mn it! it shouldn't be marked private. and iv just added the pic :S. ill try again
 
<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>
 
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yeh. that's the diagram i was given to work with :S
 
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.
 
thanks dude. :P.

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