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Calculate magnitude and direction of the resultant force vector from the addition
of tensions BG= 540N and BH=750N

1. DATA
Point Coordinates
B(0.8m ; 0m ; 1.2m)
G(0m ; 1.48m ; 0.56m)
H(1.4m ; 1.2m ; 0m)

2. SOLUTION PROCEDURE

a. Calculate tension vectors: Substrac the end point coordinates minus the begining point coordinates.

Bx 0.8 m Gx 0m Bx 0.8 m Hx 1.4 m

By 0m Gy 1.48 m By 0m Hy 1.2 m
Bz 1.2 m Gz 0.56 m Bz 1.2 m Hz 0m

B Bx By Bz 0.8 0 1.2 m B Bx By Bz 0.8 0 1.2 m

G Gx Gy Gz 0 1.48 0.56 m H Hx Hy Hz 1.4 1.2 0 m

BG G B 0.8 1.48 0.64 m BH H B 0.6 1.2 1.2 m

b. Calculate the magnitude of tension vectors.

2 2 2 2 2 2
BGmag BG BG BG BHmag BH BH BH
1 2 3 1 2 3
BGmag 1.8 m BHmag 1.8 m

c. Calculate the lambda (λ) vector.

BG BG BG BH BH BH
λBG 1 2 3 λBH 1 3 2
BGmag BGmag BGmag BHmag BHmag BHmag

λBG 0.4444 0.8222 0.3556 λBH 0.3333 0.6667 0.6667

d. Prove the lambda (λ) vector.

2 2 2 2 2 2
VerλBG 0.4444 0.8222 0.3556 1 VerλBH 0.3333 0.6667 0.6667 1

e. Calculate force vectors

FBG 540 N λBG FBH 750 N λBH

FBG 240 444 192 N FBH 250 500 500 N

f. Sum of force vectors

R FBH FBG 10 944 692 N

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g. Calculate magnitude of resultant force

2 2 2
Rmag R R R
1 2 3

Rmag 1170.5127 N

h. Calculate lambda vector of resultant force

R R R
λR 1 2 3
Rmag Rmag Rmag

λR 0.0085 0.8065 0.5912

2 2 2
VerλR 0.0085 0.8065 0.5912 1

i. Calculate direction angles of resultant force

R R R
AngDir 1 2 3
acos acos acos
Rmag Rmag Rmag

AngDir 89.5105 36.2462 126.2418 °

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