Question

How to calculate the resultant force if one force is applied from left and another is applied from bottom of an object ? Please explain with example.

Answer 1

Extend the force line from the left to the right, that is through x axis
and also extend the force line from the bottom towards up,that is through y axis
now we will get two lines perpendicular to eachother in positive x and y axis


If two vectors acting simultaneously at a point can be represented both in magnitude and direction by the adjacent sides of a parallelogram drawn from a point, then the resultant vector is represented both in magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram passing through that point.

Let the force applied from left to right is P and from bottom is Q.