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(Topics) Engineering Mechanics
(Topics) Engineering Mechanics
. There are two cases in determining ; by direction cosines and by the coordinates of any two points on the line of action of the force. Given the direction cosines: Given any two points P1(x1, y1) and P2(x2, y2) on the line of action of the force:
Note:
Thus,
In simplest term,