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The cable stays AB and AD help support pole AC. Knowing that the tension is 120 lb in AB and
40 lb in AD, determine graphically the magnitude and direction of the resultant of the forces
exerted by the stays at A using (a) the parallelogram law, (b) the triangle rule. Continue to post
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Step 1 of 8

Determine the angle made by the cable AB with the vertical.

Determine the angle made by the cable AD with the vertical.

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Step 2 of 8

(a)

Draw a parallelogram with sides representing the forces in the cables AD and AB to scale. The
resultant R of the two vectors is the diagonal of the parallelogram. The magnitude of the resultant
can be found out by measuring the length of the diagonal.

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 Step 3 of 8

Determine the magnitude of the resultant using the cosine rule.

Substitute 120lb for , 40 lb for , for , and for .

Hence, the magnitude of the resultant is, .

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Step 4 of 8

Determine the angle .

Substitute 120lb for , 40 lb for , for , and for .

Determine the direction of the resultant force.

Therefore, the angle made by the resultant with the horizontal is, .

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Step 5 of 8

(b)

Determine the angle made by the cable AB with the vertical.

Determine the angle made by the cable AD with the vertical.

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Step 6 of 8

The forces 120 lb and 40 lb are drawn in tip to tail fashion on a suitable scale. The resultant of
these two vectors is the closing side of the triangle.
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Step 7 of 8

Determine the angle using the triangle rule.

Determine the resultant force using the law of cosines.

Hence, the magnitude of the resultant is, .

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Step 8 of 8

Determine the angle using the law of sines.

Determine the direction of the resultant force.

Therefore, the angle made by the resultant with the horizontal is, .

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