Member CB Of The Vise Shown Exerts On Block B A Force P Directed Along Line CB. Knowing That P Must Have A 1200-N Horizontal Component, Determine (a) The Magnitude Of The Force P(b) Its Vertical Component.

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Tuntun asked 1 year ago

Member CB of the vise shown exerts on block B a force P directed along line CB. Knowing that P must have a 1200-N horizontal component, determine (a) the magnitude of the force P(b) its vertical component.

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Sazid Ahmad answered 1 year ago

Step: 1

Draw the free body diagram showing the horizontal and the vertical components of the force P.

Step: 2

(a) The horizontal component of force P is 1200 N. Mathematically, it can be written as follows:

Force P makes an angle with the vertical. Therefore, the angle with respect to the horizontal is obtained as below.

From the concept of resolution of forces, the x component of force P is given as follows:

Here, the angle is taken as with respect to the horizontal.
Substitute for in the equation.

Therefore, the magnitude of force P is .
Step: 3

(b) The vertical component of the force P is given as follows:

Substitute for P in the equation.

Therefore, the magnitude of the vertical component of force P is