The contact force is indeed caused by "Contact".
Air resistance is basically a type of friction, which is apparently present providing two object contact.
The rest selections are all interaction force, which is not necessarily caused by contact.
Answer:
F = 3.6 kN, direction is 9.6º to the North - East
Explanation:
The force is a vector, so one method to find the solution is to work with the components of the vector as scalars and then construct the resulting vector.
Let's use trigonometry to find the component of the forces, let's use a reference frame where the x-axis coincides with the East and the y-axis coincides with the North.
Wind
X axis
F₁ = 2.50 kN
Tide
cos 30 = F₂ₓ / F₂
sin 30 = F_{2y} / F₂
F₂ₓ = F₂ cos 30
F_{2y} = F₂ sin 30
F₂ₓ = 1.20cos 30 = 1.039 kN
F_{2y} = 1.20 sin 30 = 0.600 kN
the resultant force is
X axis
Fₓ = F₁ₓ + F₂ₓ
Fₓ = 2.50 +1.039
Fₓ = 3,539 kN
F_y = F_{2y}
F_y = 0.600
to find the vector we use the Pythagorean theorem
F =
F =
F = 3,589 kN
the address is
tan θ = F_y / Fₓ
θ = tan⁻¹
θ = tan⁻¹ 0.6 / 3.539
θ = 9.6º
the resultant force to two significant figures is
F = 3.6 kN
the direction is 9.6º to the North - East
For help with this answer, we look to Newton's second law of motion:
Force = (mass) x (acceleration)
Since the question seems to focus on acceleration, let's get
'acceleration' all alone on one side of the equation, so we can
really see what's going on.
Here's the equation again:
Force = (mass) x (acceleration)
Divide each side by 'mass',
and we have: Acceleration = (force) / (mass) .
Now the answer jumps out at us: The rate of acceleration of an object
is determined by the object's mass and by the strength of the net force
acting on the object.
Answer:
+7.0 m/s
Explanation:
Let's take rightward as positive direction.
So in this problem we have:
a = -2.5 m/s^2 acceleration due to the wind (negative because it is leftward)
t = 4 s time interval
v = -3.0 m/s is the final velocity (negative because it is leftward)
We can use the following equation:
v = u + at
Where u is the initial velocity
We want to find u, so if we rearrange the equation we find:
and the positive sign means the initial direction was rightward.