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A force, F, has a horizontal component, Fx, of 10 N and acts at 20° above the rightwards horizontal, as shown in the diagram. Find F and the vertical component, Fy.

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A force, F,, has a vertical component, Fy, of 8 N and acts at 25° to the right of the upwards vertical. Find F and the horizontal component, Fx.
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A force, F, has a vertical component, Fy, of 8 N and a horizontal component, Fx, of 10 N. Find F and the angle, θ, that the force makes with the rightwards horizontal.
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A force of 25 N has a horizontal component, Fx, of 17 N and acts above the horizontal. Find the vertical component, Fy, and the angle, θ, above the rightwards horizontal at which the force acts.
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A force of 3.8 N has a vertical component, Fy, of 3 N and acts to the left of the vertical. Find the horizontal component, Fx, and the angle, θ, above the leftwards horizontal at which the force acts.
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A particle in equilibrium has three forces of magnitudes 5 N, 6 N and F N acting on it in the horizontal plane in the directions shown. Find the values of F and θ.

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A lightshade of mass 2 kg is hung from the ceiling by two strings. One is fixed with tension 8 N at 20° to the vertical. The other is fixed with tension T N at an angle θ to the vertical.

By modelling the lightshade as a particle, draw a force diagram for this situation.

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A lightshade of mass 2 kg is hung from the ceiling by two strings. One is fixed with tension 8 N at 20° to the vertical. The other is fixed with tension T N at an angle θ to the vertical.

Resolve horizontally to find a value for Tsinθ and resolve vertically to find a value for Tcosθ.

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A lightshade of mass 2 kg is hung from the ceiling by two strings. One is fixed with tension 8 N at 20° to the vertical. The other is fixed with tension T N at an angle θ to the vertical.

Hence, find the values of T and θ.