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Vector Lab Question
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In the Force Vectors Lab, the last question is What is the actual sum of the x components of the forces that actually occurred, in the real world, when you perform this experiment? What is the actual sum of all the y components?
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I'm actually not sure what the actual sum of either is. How would I calculate this other than by using one of the techniques already used in the lab?
This is where I get stuck. I don't know how to calculate the ideal other than to use what I already have used.
What am I missing?
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You can't calculate it.
The system is not accelerating, meaning that the net force on it is zero.
Since a nonzero force in the x or y direction cannot 'cancel' a force in the other direction, it follows that the x and y components of the zero net force are also zero
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Phy 121
Your 'question form' report has been received. Scroll down through the document to see any comments I might have inserted, and my final comment at the end.
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Vector Lab Question
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In the Force Vectors Lab, the last question is What is the actual sum of the x components of the forces that actually occurred, in the real world, when you perform this experiment? What is the actual sum of all the y components?
** **
I'm actually not sure what the actual sum of either is. How would I calculate this other than by using one of the techniques already used in the lab?
This is where I get stuck. I don't know how to calculate the ideal other than to use what I already have used.
What am I missing?
@&
You can't calculate it.
The system is not accelerating, meaning that the net force on it is zero.
Since a nonzero force in the x or y direction cannot 'cancel' a force in the other direction, it follows that the x and y components of the zero net force are also zero
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