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Section 8.1: Finding the Resultant (Parallelogram Method) PreCalculus September 30, 2015 Resultant the sum of two vectors (or the resulting vector) when two forces are acted upon an object Use the components to draw the vector *Draw in the components *Two Methods 1.) TiptoTail 2.) Parallelogram Method a.) start at origin a.) start at origin b.) draw horizontal component b.)draw 1st vector c.) draw vertical component c.) draw 2nd vector from the tail of 1st vector d.) make a parallelogram d.) draw resultant e.) draw diagonal from the origin Drawing Example: v = 6 (North) and h = 12 (West) TiptoTail Parallelogram Method Section 8.1: Resultant

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Section 8.1: Finding the Resultant (Parallelogram Method)

Pre­Calculus

September 30, 2015

Resultant  ­ the sum of two vectors (or the resulting vector) when two forces are acted upon an object

Use the components to draw the vector*Draw in the components*Two Methods1.) Tip­to­Tail 2.) Parallelogram Method

a.) start at origin a.) start at originb.) draw horizontal component b.)draw 1st vectorc.) draw vertical component c.) draw 2nd vector     from the tail of 1st vector d.) make a parallelogram  d.) draw resultant e.) draw diagonal from the origin

Drawing Example:v = 6 (North) and h = 12 (West)

Tip­to­Tail Parallelogram Method

Section 8.1: Resultant

Section 8.1: Finding the Resultant (Parallelogram Method)

Pre­Calculus

September 30, 2015

8.1: Resultant of 2 vectors

Review Facts:

I. Parallelogram*opposite sides congruent*opposite angles congruent*angles on same­side are supplementary

II. Law of Sines ­ will not find an obtuse angle

III. Law of Cosines ­ use when you don't know a side/angle pair (SAS or SSS).

IV. Direction ­ degrees from positive x­axis to line

Section 8.1: Finding the Resultant (Parallelogram Method)

Pre­Calculus

September 30, 2015

Parallelogram Method:

Example.  find a + b  a = 2.6 (128°) and b = 4 (45°)

the resultant