scale drawings and resultant force s

For scale drawings

How can u work out the resultant force if you have the forces of the arrows and the direction

And to find the direction of resultant force

-plot arrows onto a grid

• move them so they fit tip to tail

• Draw a line to connect to form a triangle

• And measure the line length and convert to newtons to find resultant force

• to find the direction of resultant force calculate the angle that joins the line of resultant force and the line of other force

Extra note

0 resultant force arrows Join perfectly so object is at equilibrium

How do you resolve vectors

• the aim is to split up into horizontal and vertical components

• You need to use scale drawing

• Plot force onto graph

• Making sure to convert newton into cm measurement

• See how many cm u need across and upwards to connect into triangle

• So you will get a horizontal newton in a direction and an upward vertical newton measurement

Note