The two forces shown act in the x-y plane of the t-beam cross section. if it is known that the resultant r of the two forces has a magnitude of 2.9 kn and a line of action that lies 17° above the negative x-axis, determine the magnitude of f1 and the orientation θ of f2.

because it says use -2,0,and 2 for x, we can plug those numbers into the equation. y/4=3/4(-2)+2   y/4= -1 1/2 +2 now to get x by itself, we can multiply each side by 4. y=-6+8 which equals y=2 when x=-2. now you can do the same thing with 0 and 2 as x. you get y=8 when x=0 and y=14 when x=2.

x   |   y

-2 |   2

0   |   8

2   |   14

hi there!

out of the two, (b) precision would be more reasonable.   however, both a and b could be pretty reasonable.

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