An industrial fan produces a 50N force at a 35 degree angle from the x axis.

This
force moves an empty cardboard box 6M away from the origin at a 10 degree
angle from the x axis.
a. Find the component forms of the two vectors
b. Compute the work done by the fan

50N

10 degrees

A. To find the component of the 50N force use

50cos35=x or x=40.9
50sin35=y

or y=28.67

To find the components of the 6M displacement

6cos10=x

or x=5.9

6sin10=y

or y=1.04

B. To find the work done by the fan (Force x distance)

Write the x and y values in component form
<5.9, 1.04> <40.9, 28.67>
Then find the dot product of the two <5.9 x 40.9> + <1.04 x 28.67> =271.12 J
A second way to solve for the dot product is to multiply the magnitudes of each vector by
the cos of the angles between them, so 35-10= 25
50 x 6 x cos25 = 271.83 J