Resolving forces in the direction perpendicular to a line

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Homework Statement
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Hi I'm very stuck on what to do for these 2 questions I got wrong

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Can someone please help me on what triangle I need to sketch out in order to find the 2 components of forces for F1 and F2. I'm assuming you have to make use of the sine or cosine rule here

I'd be grateful for any help given! Thanks
 
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  • #2
What have you done so far?
Remember that what counts here are the actual forces that are perpendicular to the levers, all respect to the fulcrum A.
 
  • #3
What are the horizontal and vertical components of force F1?
 
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I actually managed to find the right answer at the end by drawing triangles and labelling the forces that are perpendicular to the line AB. Then with some basic trig I got the force needed
 

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