Question

at what angle will the resultant of two equal forces be maximum?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Resultant of two equal force is given by the equation \(\sf 2Fcos(\frac{Θ}{2})\) where Θ is the angle between them. For the resultant to be maximum cos(Θ/2) must be equal to 1. Thus Θ/2 should be equal to 0° (because cos0°=1). Therefore Θ=0° or the angle between the forces should be equal to 0° in order to obtain maximum resultant.

Answer 3

If you and your bro/sis want to push a table with maximum force.. in what direction would you guys push it ?
same direction?
opposite direction?
or right angles to each other?
or any other angle?

u answer this.. and u ll answer ur own question :P