ANALYSIS OF RESULTS

As what has the data had shown, the students had used a Force table to identify the resultant and the
equilibrant of the given through an experiment. For the first experiment, the two forces that was used was with a
55g and a 75g disks with the direction of 60 N of E and East, respectively. Once the two forces was set on the
force table, the students had used both the graphical and analytical method to identify both the resultant and
equilibrant (same value as the resultant but at the opposite direction of the resultant). The following data was
shown:
GRAPHICAL METHOD:
ANALYTICAL METHOD:
COMPONENT METHOD
F1

F2

F1y

55g

75g

60
F1x

F2x

X component
Rx= 55cos60 + 75g
= 102.5
Y component
Ry=55sin60 + 0
= 47.63
R=

102.52 + 47.63 2

= 103.03 g

= Tan-1 47.63
102.5

Resultant Direction = 25 N of E
Equilibrant Direction = 25 S of W

The same method was used for the three forces with a 55g, 75g, and 65g of disks with the direction of 60 N of
E, East, and South East, respectively:
GRAPHICAL METHOD:
(hehe)
ANALYTHICAL METHOD:
COMPONENT METHOD
*For F1 and F2, same graphs were used (see the figure above)

F3

F3x

F3y
45

65g

X component
Rx= 55cos60 + 75g + 65sin45
= 148.46
Y component
Ry=55sin60 + 0 - 65cos45
= 1.67
R=

148.4 62+ 1.6 72

= 148.5 g

= Tan-1

1.67

148.46

Resultant Direction = 0.64 N of E

Equilibrant Direction = 0.64 S of W