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Read the following passage and answer the questions given below: Teams A, B, C went for playing a tug of war game. Teams A, B, C have attached a rope to a metal ring - Mathematics

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Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

Teams A, B, C went for playing a tug of war game. Teams A, B, C have attached a rope to a metal ring and is trying to pull the ring into their own area.

Team A pulls with force F1 = `6hati + 0hatj  kN`,

Team B pulls with force F2 = `-4hati + 4hatj  kN`,

Team C pulls with force F3 = `-3hati - 3hatj  kN`,

  1. What is the magnitude of the force of Team A ?
  2. Which team will win the game?
  3. Find the magnitude of the resultant force exerted by the teams.
    OR
    In what direction is the ring getting pulled?
Sum

Solution

We have,

`|vecF_1| = sqrt(6^2 + 0^2)` = 6 kN,

`|vecF_2| = sqrt((-4)^2 + 4^2) = sqrt(32) = 4sqrt(2) kN`,

`|vecF_3| = sqrt((-3)^2 + (-3)^2) = sqrt(18) = 3sqrt(2) kN`.

i. Magnitude of force of Team A = 6 kN.

ii. Since `veca + vecc = 3(hati - hatj)` and `vecb = -4(hati - hatj)`

So, `vecb` and `veca + vecc` are unlike vectors having same intial point

and `|vecb| = 4sqrt(2)` and `|veca + vecc| = 3sqrt(2)`

Thus `|vecF_2| > |vecF_1 + vecF_3|` also `vecF_2` and `vecF_1 + vecF_3` are unlike

Hence B will win the game

iii. `vecF = vecF_1 + vecF_2 + vecF_3`

= `6hati + 0hatj - 4hati + 4hatj - 3hati - 3hatj`

= `-hati + hatj`

∴ `|vecF| = sqrt((-1)^2 + (1)^2) = sqrt(2) kN`.

OR

`vecF = -hati + hatj`

∴ θ = `π - tan^-1 (1/1)`

= `π - π/4`

= `(3π)/4`; where 'θ' is the angle made by the resultant force with the +ve direction of the x-axis.

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