University of the Cordilleras

College of Teacher Education

Center of Excellence in Teacher Education

Experiment No. 3
RESULTANT OF VECTORS
By: Analytical Methods

Group Members:________________________ Score:____________/_____________

Schedule:_______________________________ Date Performed_________________
Group No.______________________________ Date Submitted:________________

I. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the experiment, the student is expected to:
 Solve the resultant of coplanar and concurrent forces using component method, and
Analytical method,
 Locate the equilibrant of forces,
 State the relationship between the equilibrant and the resultant between forces acting
upon a system.

II. APPARATUS
 Ruler
 Protractor

III. PROCEDURE

Analytical Method:
1. Pythagorean theorem
c= √ a + b
2 2

C a

b
You walk westward by 5ft, then walk southward by 8ft. Find your resultant displacement relative to where
you started. Draw a vector diagram showing your relative station points.

Data and Results:

Magnitude
Direction

2. Law of Cosines
The Law of Cosines relates the lengths of the sides of a triangle with the cosine of one
of its angles.

The Law of Cosines, for any triangle ABC is c 2 = a 2 + b 2 – 2ab cos C

Procedure:
 You walk 5m due North, then you change your direction by walking another 7m 30 0 N of E
and reached your final point. Sketch a vector diagram and find your resultant displacement
relative to where you’ve started by using the cosine law formula.

Diagram:

Data and results:

Magnitude
Direction

3. Component Method

Procedure: Using the same given concurrent forces, compute the resultant and equilibrant by the
component method.

Force Magnitude (g) Direction w.r.t +X Fx Fy

F1 250 300
F2 120 1500
F3 175 2250
Total

Resultant, R = ____________________Direction:______________________w,r,t, +X

Equilibrant,E=_____________________Direction:______________________w.r.t. + X

IV. COMPUTATIONS

V. DIAGRAM

VI. CONCLUSION
VII. OBSERVATION

VIII. QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS

Note: For the following problems, the solution must be accompanied with figures

1. A boat leaves shore and travels 30km East and then 15km 500 South of East. Find the boat’s
resultant displacement vector. Use analytical method.
2. A car travels 50 km to the North and then 30 km toward East. At what angle East of North should
the car head in order to reach the origin in a straight path? Use analytical method
3. Using the component method, determine the resultant of the following vectors. Lay out the
vectors in the box
Given:
A= 250N, 370 S of W
B =150N, 450 N of E
C = 300N, 600 N of E
D = 200N, 530 N of W
E = 100N , 300 S of E

Force Magnitude Direction Fx Fy

A
B
C
D
E
Total ΣFx= ΣFy=

Lay- out ΣFx and ΣFy in the box below

 Resultant:__________________________

Direction:__________________________

General Description of the Vector:_____________________________________________

4. Find the resultant of the ff forces by Component Method:

Magnitude:_________
Forces x-component y-component Direction:___________
F1=200dynes, 600 EN
F2=100dynes, NW
F3=150dynes, due W
F4=200 dynes 530 ES
Total
5. An airplane has a velocity of 150 kph due South, there is a wind velocity of 75 kph 25 0 South of East.
Find the resultant velocity of the plane.(Draw diagram)
Diagram:

Magnitude:_________
Direction:___________
6. Calculate the resultant of 3 coplanar forces using the component method.
F1(200N)
600
Forces x-component y-component
F1 F3(150N)
F2
F3 350
Total ∑x= ∑y=

F2(200N)

Magnitude:_________
Direction:___________