If you mean "What method is used to make a resultant vector into its components?" then the answer is called "resolution" and you can Google it for details. If you mean "What method is used to detirmine a resultant vector?" well that one doesn't have a name as far as I know. Basically, you set up a visual representation of the forces and use trigonometry to find the length and direction of the resultant. Now, to find the resultant, you would draw a diagonal line. You can then make a triangle where one side has a length of 6 and the other 8. Because these two sides are at a 90 degree angle, you can use the pythagorean therum (a^2 + b^2 = c^2) to find the diagonal line which is the resultant vector. Hope this helps :) -Angelic Endeavor Minor Edit By Me: I had trouble formatting the pictures, I hope it works this time. Edit 2 By Me: I can't get the visual aid to work so you'll have to use your imagination, sorry. :(
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The related question has a nice detail of this. Each vector is resolved into component vectors. For 2-dimensions, it is an x-component and a y-component. Then the respective components are added. These added components make up the resultant vector.
It is a Scientific Method.
To find the resultant of 2 vectors, P and Q, let the ray AB represent the vector P. Let AB (not BA) be in the direction of P and let the length of AB represent the magnitude of P. Let BC represent the direction of Q and the length BC represent the magnitude of Q [on the same scale used for P and AB]. Then the straight line AC, which is the diagonal of the parallelogram with sides representing P and Q, is the resultant vector R, with magnitude and direction represented by AC.The vectors P and Q can also be represented as sides AB and AC. In that case you will need to complete the parallelogram and the resultant is represented by the diagonal through A.
Yes, you can. Any iterative method/algorithm that is used to solve a continuous mathematics problem can also be called a numerical method/algorithm.
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