{"id":239,"date":"2018-01-24T09:17:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T01:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/?p=239"},"modified":"2018-01-24T09:17:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T01:17:59","slug":"particles-in-two-dimensional-equilibrium-application-of-newtons-first-law-problems-and-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/particles-in-two-dimensional-equilibrium-application-of-newtons-first-law-problems-and-solutions.htm","title":{"rendered":"Particles in two-dimensional equilibrium \u2013 application of Newton&#8217;s first law problems and solutions","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">1. Find the tension force T<sub>1<\/sub>, T<sub>2<\/sub>, and T<sub>3<\/sub>. Ignore cord&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/mass-and-weight-problems-and-solutions.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">mass<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-242\" src=\"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Particles-in-two-dimensional-equilibrium-\u2013-application-of-Newtons-first-law-problems-and-solutions-1.png\" alt=\"Particles in two-dimensional equilibrium \u2013 application of Newton's first law problems and solutions 1\" width=\"189\" height=\"157\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Solution<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-243\" src=\"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Particles-in-two-dimensional-equilibrium-\u2013-application-of-Newtons-first-law-problems-and-solutions-2-300x208.png\" alt=\"Particles in two-dimensional equilibrium \u2013 application of Newton's first law problems and solutions 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/Particles-in-two-dimensional-equilibrium-\u2013-application-of-Newtons-first-law-problems-and-solutions-2-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/Particles-in-two-dimensional-equilibrium-\u2013-application-of-Newtons-first-law-problems-and-solutions-2.png 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">(a) Free-body diagram for object (b) Free-body diagram for cord<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Apply the <a href=\"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/newtons-first-law-of-motion-problems-and-solutions.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newton&#8217;s first law<\/a> on the object :<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u03a3F<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><sub>y<\/sub> = 0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">1<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> \u2013 w = 0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">1<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> = w = m g <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">1<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> = (5 kg)(9.8 m\/s<\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">2<\/span><\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">1 <\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">= 49 kg m\/s<\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">2<\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>T<\/b><\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><b>1<\/b><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b> = 49 N<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Apply Newton&#8217;s first law on the cord :<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\">\u2211<span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">F<sub>x<\/sub> = 0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3x<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> \u2013 T <\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">2x <\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">= 0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3 <\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">cos 30<\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">o<\/span><\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> \u2013 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">2<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> cos 40<\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">o <\/span><\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">= 0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">0.87 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3 <\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u2013 0.77 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">2 <\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">= 0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">0.87 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> = 0.77 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">2<\/span><\/sub><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">2 <\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">= 0.87 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3 <\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\/ 0.77 = 1.1 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3 <\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Equation 1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">&#8212;&#8212;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\">\u2211<span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">F<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">y<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> = 0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3y<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> + T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">2y<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> \u2013 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">1y<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> = 0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">3 <\/span><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">sin 30<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><sup>o<\/sup> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">+ T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">2 <\/span><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">sin 40<\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">o<\/span><\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> \u2013 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">1<\/span><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> = 0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">0.5 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3 <\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">+ 0.64 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">2 <\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u2013 49 N = 0 &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Equation 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Substituting T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">2 <\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">in the equation 2 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> into the equation 2 :<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">0.5 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3 <\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">+ 0.64 (1.1 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">) \u2013 49 N = 0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">0.5 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> + 0.70 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3 <\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u2013 49 = 0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">1.2 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> \u2013 49 = 0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">1.2 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3 <\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">= 49<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> = 49 \/ 1.2 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>T<\/b><\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><b>3<\/b><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b> = 41 N<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">2<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> = 1.1 T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">3<\/span><\/sub><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">T<\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\">2<\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> = (1.1)(40.8 N) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>T<\/b><\/span><\/span><sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><b>2<\/b><\/span><\/sub><span style=\"font-family: Times new roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b> = 45 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Find the tension force T1, T2, and T3. Ignore cord&#8217;s mass. Solution (a) Free-body diagram for object (b) Free-body diagram for cord Apply the Newton&#8217;s first law on the object : \u03a3Fy = 0 T1 \u2013 w = 0 T1 = w = m g T1 = (5 kg)(9.8 m\/s2) T1 = 49 kg &#8230; <a title=\"Particles in two-dimensional equilibrium \u2013 application of Newton&#8217;s first law problems and solutions\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/particles-in-two-dimensional-equilibrium-application-of-newtons-first-law-problems-and-solutions.htm\" aria-label=\"Read more about Particles in two-dimensional equilibrium \u2013 application of Newton&#8217;s first law problems and solutions\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"Particles in two-dimensional equilibrium \u2013 application of Newton&#039;s first law problems and solutions","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solved-problems-in-basic-physics"],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gurumuda.net\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}