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MM103 – Tutorial 2

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Tutorial 2
“Forces are vectors and vectors addition is associative”.
What does this statement mean? ( Feel free to use
equations and/or figures to explain in your own words).
A force is a vector as it has magnitude and direction. A
vector is associative in addition, vectors can be added
in any order but the resultant will remain same.
• Ropes P and Q are attached to an eye bolt on the edge
of a machine as shown in the sketch below. Rope P
pulls on the bolt with a force of 2.3kN while Q pulls
with 5.9kN. Rope P makes and angle of 80° to the
horizontal. If the resultant of P and Q is found to be
6.2kN on the bolt, find the angle the resultant force
makes with the horizontal.
• Determine the resultant of the three concurrent forces
shown below.

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