3) A barge is pulled by the two tugboats shown in the following figure. One tugboat pulls on the barge with a force of magnitude 4000 units of force at 15° above the line AB (see the figure) and the other tugboat pulls on the barge with a force of magnitude 5000 units of force at 12° below the line AB. 5000 units 4000 units a) What is the component of each force vector from the tugboats? [5 points] b) Find the vector sum in both the x and y directions [5 points] c) What is the magnitude of the vector sum? What is the direction of the vector sum (as measured from the line AB)? [10 points] Barge

3) A barge is pulled by the two tugboats shown in the following figure. One tugboat pulls on the barge with a force of magnitude 4000 units of force at 15° above the line AB (see the figure) and the other tugboat pulls on the barge with a force of magnitude 5000 units of force at 12° below the line AB. 5000 units 4000 units a) What is the component of each force vector from the tugboats? [5 points] b) Find the vector sum in both the x and y directions [5 points] c) What is the magnitude of the vector sum? What is the direction of the vector sum (as measured from the line AB)? [10 points] Barge

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1CQ: Estimate the order of magnitude of the length, in meters, of each of the following; (a) a mouse, (b)...

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