Question

The direction of the 60-pound force is north, and the direction is east for the 100-pound force. Describe the direction of the net force.

Answer 1

basically you arrange the vectors, then make a triangle with them. You connect their ends with a line, and the midpoint of (in this case, the hypotenuse, but it's only a right triangle here because the vectors are at 90 degrees) the line you added, then make a ray going from the starting position of the object to that point you labeled on the middle of your new line, and you have your new direction. You'd want to do this on a graph if you want a specific direction you can numerically represent. Would you like me to explain how to get the numerical direction and all that number jazz?