Edexcel M1 2017 June — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2017
SessionJune
TopicVectors Introduction & 2D

7. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{5c3869c7-008f-4131-b68d-8ecdd4da3377-22_254_291_251_831} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 3}
\end{figure} Two forces, \(\mathbf { P }\) and \(\mathbf { Q }\), act on a particle. The force \(\mathbf { P }\) has magnitude 8 N and the force \(\mathbf { Q }\) has magnitude 5 N . The angle between the directions of \(\mathbf { P }\) and \(\mathbf { Q }\) is \(50 ^ { \circ }\), as shown in Figure 3. The resultant of \(\mathbf { P }\) and \(\mathbf { Q }\) is the force \(\mathbf { R }\).
  1. Find, to 3 significant figures, the magnitude of \(\mathbf { R }\).
  2. Find, to the nearest degree, the size of the angle between the direction of \(\mathbf { P }\) and the direction of \(\mathbf { R }\).