Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Force Vectors - Section 2.6 Addition of Cartesian Vectors - Problems - Page 52: 61

Answer

$ß=120$ $F_x=40.0N$ $F_y=40.0N$ $F_z=56.6N$

Work Step by Step

$Using $ $cos^2α+cos^2ß+cos^2δ=1$ $ß=cos^{-1}\sqrt {1-cos^2α-cos^2δ}$ $ß=cos^{-1}\sqrt {1-cos^260-cos^245}$ $ß=120.0$ $F_x=Fcosα=80cos60=40N$ $F_y=Fcosß=80cos120=40N$ $F_z=Fcosδ=80cos45=56.6N$
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