OCR H240/03 — Question 9

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleH240/03 (Pure Mathematics and Mechanics)
TopicNewton's laws and connected particles

9 Two forces, of magnitudes 2 N and 5 N , act on a particle in the directions shown in the diagram below.
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  1. Calculate the magnitude of the resultant force on the particle.
  2. Calculate the angle between this resultant force and the force of magnitude 5 N .