1 In this question take \(\boldsymbol { g } = \mathbf { 1 0 }\).
The directions of the unit vectors \(\left( \begin{array} { l } 1
0
0 \end{array} \right) , \left( \begin{array} { l } 0
1
0 \end{array} \right)\) and \(\left( \begin{array} { l } 0
0
1 \end{array} \right)\) are east, north and vertically upwards.
Forces \(\mathbf { p } , \mathbf { q }\) and \(\mathbf { r }\) are given by \(\mathbf { p } = \left( \begin{array} { r } - 1
- 1
5 \end{array} \right) \mathrm { N } , \mathbf { q } = \left( \begin{array} { r } - 1
- 4
2 \end{array} \right) \mathrm { N }\) and \(\mathbf { r } = \left( \begin{array} { l } 2
5
0 \end{array} \right) \mathrm { N }\).
- Find which of \(\mathbf { p } , \mathbf { q }\) and \(\mathbf { r }\) has the greatest magnitude.
- A particle has mass 0.4 kg . The forces acting on it are \(\mathbf { p } , \mathbf { q } , \mathbf { r }\) and its weight.
Find the magnitude of the particle's acceleration and describe the direction of this acceleration.