A body mass 5kg is acted upon by two perpendicular forces 8N and 6N. Give the magnitude and the direction of the acceleration of the body?
1 Answer
We need to find the magnitude of the sum of the forces. Since they're acting perpendicularly, we can use pythogoras.
#sqrt((8N)^2 + (6N)^2) = S#
#sqrt(100N^2) = S#
#10N = S#
We know that
#10 N = 5kg*a#
#a = 2 m/s^2=2ms^-2#
This will be an acceleration in the positive direction, because the applied force acts as a push.
Hopefully this helps!
