Edexcel M1 2008 June — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2008
SessionJune
TopicVectors Introduction & 2D

5. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{9dbbbc01-fb66-460d-a42e-2c37ec8b451a-07_357_968_274_484} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 1}
\end{figure} Two forces \(\mathbf { P }\) and \(\mathbf { Q }\) act on a particle at a point \(O\). The force \(\mathbf { P }\) has magnitude 15 N and the force \(\mathbf { Q }\) has magnitude \(X\) newtons. The angle between \(\mathbf { P }\) and \(\mathbf { Q }\) is \(150 ^ { \circ }\), as shown in Figure 1. The resultant of \(\mathbf { P }\) and \(\mathbf { Q }\) is \(\mathbf { R }\). Given that the angle between \(\mathbf { R }\) and \(\mathbf { Q }\) is \(50 ^ { \circ }\), find
  1. the magnitude of \(\mathbf { R }\),
  2. the value of \(X\).