If Mercury, Venus and the sun are aligned in a right triangle, as shown, then calculate the vector sum of the forces on Venus due to both Mercury and the Sun. What is the direction and magnitude of the resulting force?

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If Mercury, Venus and the sun are
aligned in a right triangle, as shown, then
calculate the vector sum of the forces on Venus
due to both Mercury and the Sun. What is the
direction and magnitude of the resulting force?
(Sun-Venus distance ry = 108×10° meters, Sun-Mercury
%3D
distance rm = 57.6×10° meters, mass of Sun M =
1.99x1030 kilograms, mass of Mercury Mm = 3.3x1023 kilograms,
mass of Venus My = 4.87×1024 kilograms).
%3D
%3D
SUN
VENUS
MERCURY
Transcribed Image Text:If Mercury, Venus and the sun are aligned in a right triangle, as shown, then calculate the vector sum of the forces on Venus due to both Mercury and the Sun. What is the direction and magnitude of the resulting force? (Sun-Venus distance ry = 108×10° meters, Sun-Mercury %3D distance rm = 57.6×10° meters, mass of Sun M = 1.99x1030 kilograms, mass of Mercury Mm = 3.3x1023 kilograms, mass of Venus My = 4.87×1024 kilograms). %3D %3D SUN VENUS MERCURY
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