Considering the figure below, which of the following answers best represents the direction of the resultant force?
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANS: C
You find the resultant pull of the two forces by drawing the two forces, creating a parallelogram by
adding sides parallel to each of the forces, and drawing a diagonal within the parallelogram. The
resultant is the diagonal with its point of application at the original source and whose arrow head
(limit of magnitude) is at the opposite corner of the parallelogram. This is called composition of
forces.
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