A body of mass 5 kg is acted upon by two perpendicular forces 8 N and 6 N. Give the magnitude and direction of the acceleration of the body.

Explanation

Resultant of two perpendicular force
`F= squr(F_(1)^(2) + F_(2)^(2))`
`=sqrt(64+ 36)`

`:., a = (10)/( m ) = (10)/( 5)`
`:. , a = 2 ms^(-2)` acceleration value
Let resultant force make angle `alpha ` with `vec (F )_(1)`
`:. ` from figure
tan `alpha = (F_(2))/(f_(1))`
=0.750
Resultant force make angle of `36^(@) 53` with 8N force resultant force and acceleration are in same direction