Resultant force

What is a Resultant force

A single force that has the same effect as all of the original forces acting together

What are the forces involved with this aeroplane

How do you work out this resultant force

1)Draw a scale 1cm=1N

2)Use a ruler to draw 10cm long arrow

3)Use protractor to measure 30 degrees

4)Use ruler to draw 8cm arrow from point

4)Draw parallelogram by copying 8cm line on top of 10cm force vector

5)Copy 10cm line and position it at head of 8cm force vector

6)Draw lines from tails of force vectors to other side of parallelogram

7)Meaure length of that line and convert to newtons using scale

For magnitude(Newtons) and direction(angle)

1)Use scale 1cm =10N

2)Draw a faint line to show x and y axis

3)Use protractor to measure 35 degrees from horizontal

4)Use a ruler to draw the vector showing the 100N force so it would be 10cm

5)Draw dotted line from the head of the vector to the horizontal and vertical axis

6)Draw horizontal and vertical components and measure them