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The document describes a boat tied to dock bollards with three ropes. One rope runs from the boat's center to bollard B, another to bollard D, and a third to bollard F. The document asks to find the magnitude of the force provided by the third rope in terms of the angle θ. Using trigonometry and the fact that the forces from ropes AB and AD are equal, the answer is that the third rope provides a force of 2FABsin(θ), where FAB is the force magnitude of the first rope.

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The document describes a boat tied to dock bollards with three ropes. One rope runs from the boat's center to bollard B, another to bollard D, and a third to bollard F. The document asks to find the magnitude of the force provided by the third rope in terms of the angle θ. Using trigonometry and the fact that the forces from ropes AB and AD are equal, the answer is that the third rope provides a force of 2FABsin(θ), where FAB is the force magnitude of the first rope.

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The document describes a boat tied to dock bollards with three ropes. One rope runs from the boat's center to bollard B, another to bollard D, and a third to bollard F. The document asks to find the magnitude of the force provided by the third rope in terms of the angle θ. Using trigonometry and the fact that the forces from ropes AB and AD are equal, the answer is that the third rope provides a force of 2FABsin(θ), where FAB is the force magnitude of the first rope.

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10/4/2017 MasteringPhysics: Assignment 3 - Forces Part One

BoatStatics

Aboatownerpullsherboatintothedockshown,wheretherearesix
bollardstowhichtotietheboat.Shehasthreeropes.Shecantiethe
boatfromtheboat'scenter(A)toanyofthebollards(BthroughG)
alongthedottedarrowsshown.

Supposetheownerhastiedthreeropes:oneroperunstoAfromB,
anothertoAfromD,andafinalropefromAtoF.Theropesaretied
suchthatFAB = FAD .


Thefollowingnotationisusedinthisproblem:Whenaquestionrefersto,forexample,F AB ,thisquantityistakentomeanthe
forceactingontheboatduetotheroperunningtoAfromB,whileFAB isthemagnitudeofthatforce.

PartA
Whatisthemagnitudeoftheforceprovidedbythethirdrope,intermsof?

Hint1.Findtheforcesinthexdirection

WhatisthecomponentofF AB inthexdirection(callitsimplyFx ),intermsofFAB and?
Positivexistotherightinthediagram.
ANSWER:

Fx = F AB cos()

Hint2.Usingalgebraandtrigonometry

RecallingthatFAB = FAD ,youcanfindthexcomponentofthenetforceduetoF AB andF AD .Howdoesthis
relatetotheforceprovidedbythethirdrope?

ANSWER:

F AB cos()

2F AB cos()

2F AB sin()

F AB sin()

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