Posted by Rachel on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 10:18pm.
method 1: state them as vectors in component form
first : 330 due east
= (330cos 0, 330 sin 0) = (330, 0)
second( 110cos36°, 110sin36°) = (88.99 , 64.66)
add them to get (418.99, 64.66)
magnitude = √(418.99^2 + 64.66) = 423.95
direction: tanØ = 64.66/418.99
Ø = 8.77°
or a bearing of N 8.77° E
method 2:
construction the parallogram with the diagonal representing the magnitude
I get an obtuse angled triangle with sides 110 and 330 and the contained angle of 144° ...... (90+54)
by the cosine law:
r^2 = 110^2 + 330^2 - 2(110)(330)cos144
...
r = 423.95 , same as above
Use the Sine Law to find the direction of the resultant.
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