Question

Determine the magnitude of the forces F1 and F2

Answer 1

go ahead, shoot the question at me ♥

Answer 2

so confused

Answer 3

i see. where are you confused?

Answer 4

trying to find the magnitudes of f1 and f2, I saw a similar problem on here but it didnt really help at all

Answer 5

Not sure where the equations of f1 ,w, and f2 would come in to play

Answer 6

Let's start with the following statement:\[\vec w + \vec{F_1} + \vec{F_2}=0\]Do you have any problems with this? We'll do this step-by-step.

Answer 7

no i dont

Answer 8

Alright.

Do you understand how they wrote all the three vectors in their component-form (with i, j and k)?

Answer 9

yes i understand that

Answer 10

now:)

Answer 11

First, sum up the x-components and set them equal to zero.
Then sum up the y-components and set them equal to zero.

Answer 12

of all the vectors?

Answer 13

indeed.

Answer 14

are you there?

Answer 15

do you understand why the sum of x-components = sum of y-components = zero?

Answer 16

sorry its taking a while

Answer 17

woot, sorry, i'm back

Answer 18

do you need further help with the question?

Answer 19

no thank you:) it really helped that you got me started