Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 11 - Three-Dimensional Space; Vectors - 11.2 Vectors - Exercises Set 11.2 - Page 783: 45

Answer

\[ 30 \sqrt{5} \mathrm{ \ lb}=\|\vec{F}\| \]

Work Step by Step

In the figure, we note two forces. The resulting force is \[ \vec{F}_{2}+\vec{F}_{1}=\vec{F} \] where $(60 \mathrm{lb}) \hat{\imath} =\overline{F_{1}} \rightarrow$ positive direction of the x-axis \[ (301 \mathrm{b}) \hat{\jmath} =\overline {F_{2}} \rightarrow \text { positive direction of the } y \text { -axis } \] and then \[ \begin{aligned} \vec{F}=\vec{F}_{2}+\vec{F}_{1} &=(30 \mathrm{lb}) \hat{\mathrm{j}} +(60 \mathrm{lb}) \hat{\imath}\\ &=(2 \hat{\imath}+\hat{\jmath})30 \mathrm{lb}=30 \mathrm{lb}\langle 2,1\rangle \end{aligned} \] Thus, we get: \[ \begin{aligned} \|\vec{F}\| &=\|30 \mathrm{lb}(2,1)\|=|\langle 2,1\rangle\|30 \mathrm{h}\ \\ &=30 \mathrm{lb} \sqrt{1^{2}+2^{2}}=30 \sqrt{5} \mathrm{lb} \end{aligned} \]
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