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Zion
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When I draw a third line to make a vector triangle . How am I meant to identify the ‘adjacent’ and ‘opposite’ sides when there is no angle given? 

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Further_Maths_Student
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You can re-draw the diagram like this

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Then you do pythagoras with the two numbers to get the resultant force

Then to get direction, you need to work out the angle that I've drawn on. I would do this by doing SOH/CAH/TOA with the triangle then doing 90 degrees - your answer.

Similar method for the next question

Hope that made sense

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Zion
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Pls could you explain b that’s the one I needed help on. I don’t know how to identify adjacent and opposite because there is no angle when you draw the third line . 

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