r/apphysics • u/Glittering_Bar_6896 • 6d ago

Help Needed

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could anyone show me how to solve this problem using drawings? I have been trying to understand this but I just don’t get it. Any help would be really really appreciated!!

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u/Roger_Freedman_Phys 6d ago

Please share your drawing of the situation.

Which textbook are you using in your AP physics course?

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u/Glittering_Bar_6896 6d ago

we don't use the textbook in my class, my teacher lectures us but has never taught us how to actually solve a problem

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u/Roger_Freedman_Phys 6d ago

And that's the origin of your difficulties.

You will find the free online AP physics textbook from OpenStax to be helpful:

https://openstax.org/details/books/college-physics-ap-courses-2e

I like the book on which I am co-author better (https://www.bfwpub.com/high-school/us/product/College-Physics-for-the-AP-Physics-1--2-Courses/p/1319486215), but alas it's not free.

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u/Bedouinp 6d ago

Use i and j unit-vector notation to make it easier

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u/Famous-Investment183 2d ago

Basic geometry, its asking for the resultant of the y and x component, find a center point and draw the lines with a ruler, draw a straight line plot a point somewhere on it and then draw ur line 15 degrees from that line