Saturday, May 21, 2011

Physics Form 4: Resolving Forces Into Components

Addition of vector 


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Any force can be resolved into the addition of two mutually perpendicular forces which are called components of force. The components of force are resolved along the x-axis = horizontal component and the y-axis = vertical component.


 
For example:

 



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