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Engineering Mechanics: Statics (STATICS-213)
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INSTRUCTIONS: Read each direction very carefully. Ignorance of the law excuses no
one from complying thereof.

• Provide NECESSARY drawings with COMPLETION SOLUTION

• Do NOT Roundoff until FINAL ANSWER. Failure to do so may receive point
deductions.
• BOX your FINAL ANSWERS

PART I: IDENTIFICATION

_______________ 1. Is a branch of Physical Science which describes and predicts

the conditions of rest or motion of bodies under the action of forces.

_______________ 2. Is a branch of engineering mechanics that deals with bodies at

rest.

_______________ 3. Is a branch of engineering mechanics that deals with bodies in

motion.

_______________ 4. This states that two forces acting on a particle maybe

replaced by a single force, called the resultant, obtained by drawing the
diagonal of the parallelogram which has sides equal to the given forces.

_______________ 5. If the resultant forces acting on a particle are zero, the

particle will remain at rest (if originally at rest) or will move with constant
speed in a straight line (if originally in motion).

_______________ 6. If the resultant force acting on a particle is not zero, the

particle will have acceleration proportional to the magnitude of the resultant
and in the direction of this resultant force.

_______________ 7. The forces of action and reaction between bodies in contact

have the same magnitude, same line of action and opposite sense.

_______________ 8. A system of force in which the lines of action of all the

forces intersect at a common point.

_______________ 9. Force system that lies on one plane (two dimensional).

_______________ 10. Force system that lies on space (three dimensional).

PART II: PROBLEM SOLVING
PROBLEM 1
Two forces are applied at the end of a screw eye in order to remove the
post. Determine the angle 𝜽 and the magnitude of force F so that the
resultant force acting on the post is directed vertically upward and has a
magnitude of 750N. USE PARALLELOGRAM METHOD.
PROBLEM 2
For the given forces, Determine the magnitude and direction (measured counter
clockwise from the positive x-axis) of the Resultant Force. USE POLYGON METHOD.

F1 = 450N 45° N of E
F2 = 2OON 90° E of N
F3 = 300N S 30° E
PROBLEM 3
If the magnitude of the resultant force acting on the bracket is 600 N, directed
along the positive u axis, determine the magnitude of F1 and its direction 𝜙.USE
COMPONENT METHOD.
PROBLEM 4
Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant force of the concurrent
forces shown in the figure if FAD= 400lb.