Thread: Forces question

How would I go about doing this question:

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Could I just make a triangle of forces and check the angles?

Originally Posted by jgv115

How would I go about doing this question:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Capture-14.png

Could I just make a triangle of forces and check the angles?

force triangle method works.
another way would be to resolve the forces along two orthogonal directions.

By Lamy's theorem there is no equilibrium in both cases