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,23rd September 2022 Mechanics
Vectors ,
Scalars ,
Resolving Equalibrium,




Free
1
-




Body Riagrams -




Reaction
1) Pick one RULES
-




to
analyze.

2) Draw
[
Fiction .




>
a simple representation
of the object
Thrust


I
3) Use a pencil and a rule




4)
weight Draw arrows to represent each
force acting
object
Y on .




5) make sure arrows show direction and

relative
-
size
of the
face .




Refinitions
:




·
Reaction
force exerted
by solid
surface which stops another body going into it.
-


a


:
the support
force exerted.




· Friction force acts solid
surfaces in It works in the direction opposite to the
along contact
-


.




motion.




Magnetic forces Force between
·
that
c rises
electrically charged particles because of their motion .
-




·
Tension Force the
stretching
exerted
by pulling against thing it
-

a stretched material which is
,




it apart
.
or
pulling


Weight This is
force
·
the due
-



to
gravity acting on the
body
.
W
mxg
=




Thrust Force
forward
·
exeted
by an
engine which
produces a propulsion .
-




·
Drag -

Frictional force of a fluid passing over a
surface of a
body.

, Free
Body
O



Riagrams
·




~
A sled being pulled up a will :



Reaction




*
[ ⑳ >
Normal reaction
Fro Full

force should be


weight perpendicular to
surface sled


this is
stationary
. Efriction
-
Fiction should Y

weight
be opposite to
directly
motion




Scalar
quantity with Vector
-- a
quantity
-o
size a with size +




direction .


·
Distance o
Displacement

Mass
· · Force

·
Temperature ·


velocity
·
Speed ·
Acceleration

Time
field
·
magnetic
·
strength

Charge
·
weight.
·




o Volume
.




·

Representing Vectors
> Size
of arrow-size
of vector


Direction
of =
arrow direction
of rector




Adding2 rectors :


Pythagoras
°
· Vectors & 90 =




·
Vectors not & 90 = Scale Drawing
.

, 26in September 2022 Vectors + Scalas



Adding Perpendicular Vectors :




1) Redraw the
diagram-tip to tail



2) Draw the resultant
from start to
finish

3) Calculate
magnitude of the resultant -




using Pythagoras

11) Calculate
angle-using Trigonometry
5) State where the
angle is measured
from
Questions :
B
1)
60km A
cory of
SOMCAHTOA
M

60hm
a) A -
> C b)
- + 202 tan" (8) : The ship travelled 632km
,
= 63
: 2km- 18 43"
.

noth-east .




=
=
18 .


430


Q5) zon




-or
M




a)
- x




·
7
> 3 W
. 8
10
3
TRIG
3 1 N
.




03 12 + .
= 37 N
:




:
with
a
forest
The
object travelled 3 7N
.




&


north-east 330

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