Assignment#1

Due:11:59pmonWednesday,September2,2015
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TrigonometricExercises
LearningGoal:
Tousetrigonometricfunctionstodetermineunknownanglesandsidesofvarioustriangles.
Threetrianglesareshown,thefirst(usedinPartsAandB)isarighttrianglewithW = 24.0 andH = 12.5,the
second(usedinPartC)hasangles = 24.5 and = 30.0 andL = 16.5 ,andthethird(usedinPartD)hasan
angle = 125 andthetwosmallersides,M andN ,equalto3.50and8.50,respectively.

PartAFindingthelengthofthehypotenuseofthefirsttriangle
Forthefirsttriangle,whatisthelengthofitshypotenuse?
Expressyouranswertothreesignificantfigures.
Youdidnotopenhintsforthispart.
ANSWER:
X =

PartBFindingangleinthefirsttriangle
Forthefirsttriangle,whatisthevalueof?
Expressyouranswertothreesignificantfiguresindegrees.
Youdidnotopenhintsforthispart.

ANSWER:
=

PartCFindingYinthesecondtriangle
Forthesecondtriangle,whatisthelengthY ?
Expressyouranswertothreesignificantfigures.
Youdidnotopenhintsforthispart.
ANSWER:
Y =

PartDFindingthelengthofsideZofthethirdtriangle
Forthethirdtriangle,whatisthelengthofsideZ ?
Expressyouranswertothreesignificantfigures.
Youdidnotopenhintsforthispart.
ANSWER:
Z =

FundamentalProblem2.6

PartA
IfforceF istohaveacomponentalongtheuaxisofFu =7.5kN,determinethemagnitudeofF .
Expressyouranswertothreesignificantfiguresandincludetheappropriateunits.

ANSWER:
F

PartB
DeterminethemagnitudeofthecomponentF v alongthev axis.
Expressyouranswertothreesignificantfiguresandincludetheappropriateunits.
ANSWER:
Fv

MultipleChoiceQuestion2.1.

PartA
Determinethemagnitudesoftheresultantforceanditsdirectionmeasuredfromthepositivexaxis.
ANSWER:

R = 13.6kN, = 21.5 CW

R = 10.80kN, = 68.2 CW

R = 12.49kN, = 43.9 CW

R = 14.00kN, = 60.0 CW

MultipleChoiceQuestion2.12.

PartA
IfF 1 = F 2 = 30lb ,determinetheangles and sothattheresultantforceisdirectedalongthepositivexaxis
andhasamagnitudeofF R = 20lb.
ANSWER:
= = 41.4
= = 70.5

= = 18.43
= = 19.47

Problem2.21
SupposethatF1 =350

PartA
DeterminethemagnitudeoftheresultantF

= F1 + F2

Expressyouranswertothreesignificantfiguresandincludetheappropriateunits.
ANSWER:

PartB
DeterminethedirectionoftheresultantforceF
axis.

= F1 + F2

,measuredcounterclockwisefromthepositivex

Expressyouranswerusingthreesignificantfigures.
ANSWER:

PartC
DeterminethemagnitudeoftheresultantforceF R

= F1 + F2 + F3

Expressyouranswertothreesignificantfiguresandincludetheappropriateunits.
ANSWER:
FR

PartD
DeterminethedirectionoftheresultantforceF R
xaxis.

= F1 + F2 + F3

,measuredcounterclockwisefromthepositive

Expressyouranswerusingthreesignificantfigures.
ANSWER:

Problem2.25
F1

=30lb andF2 =37

=60lb .

FR

lb

.Theresultantforceisdirectedalongthepositivexaxisandhasamagnitudeof

PartA
Determinetheangle .
Expressyouranswerusingthreesignificantfigures.
ANSWER:

PartB
Determinetheangle .
Expressyouranswerusingthreesignificantfigures.
ANSWER:

Problem2.28
SupposethatF1 =8.1

kN

PartA
DeterminethemagnitudeofforceF sothattheresultantF R ofthethreeforcesisassmallaspossible.
Expressyouranswertothreesignificantfiguresandincludetheappropriateunits.
ANSWER:
F

PartB
WhatistheminimummagnitudeofF R ?
Expressyouranswertothreesignificantfiguresandincludetheappropriateunits.
ANSWER:
FR

Problem2.39
SupposethatF1 =260

andF2 =140

PartA
DeterminethexandycomponentsofF 1 usingscalarnotation.
Expressyouranswersusingthreesignificantfiguresseparatedbyacomma.
ANSWER:
F 1x

,F1y =

PartB
DeterminethexandycomponentsofF 2 usingscalarnotation.
Expressyouranswersusingthreesignificantfiguresseparatedbyacomma.
ANSWER:
F 2x

,F2y =

Problem2.43
SupposethatF1 =810

andF2 =725

PartA
Determinethemagnitudeoftheresultantforce.
Expressyouranswertothreesignificantfiguresandincludetheappropriateunits.
ANSWER:
FR

PartB
Determinethedirectionoftheresultantforce,measuredcounterclockwisefromthepositivexaxis.
Expressyouranswerusingthreesignificantfigures.
ANSWER:

Problem2.49
SupposethatF1 =320

and =10 .

PartA
Determinethemagnitudeoftheresultantforceactingonthebracket.
Expressyouranswertothreesignificantfiguresandincludetheappropriateunits.
ANSWER:
FR

PartB
Determinethedirection,measuredcounterclockwisefromthepositivex axis,oftheresultantforceactingonthe
bracket.
Expressyouranswerusingthreesignificantfigures.
ANSWER:

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