PARALLELOGRAM LAW OF FORCES

PARALLELOGRAM LAW OF FORCES

• It states, “If two forces, acting simultaneously on a particle, be represented in magnitude and direction by the two adjacent sides of a parallelogram; their resultant may be represented in magnitude and direction by the diagonal of the parallelogram, which passes through their point of intersection.”

Where,

                                   F ₁ & F ₂ = Forces

                                  α=Angle which the resultant force makes with one of the forces

                                  θ=Angle between the forces F 1 and F 2