An object with a mass of #4 kg# is acted on by two forces. The first is #F_1= < 3 N , -4 N># and the second is #F_2 = < 2 N, 6 N>#. What is the object's rate and direction of acceleration?
1 Answer
May 1, 2016
Force being a vector quantity, the resultant force acting on the object is given by
So, the resultant force has a magnitude of
So the magnitude of the acceleration is as
And the direction is given as :