A unresolved force is split into two seperate components, the goal is to combine them into a single force.

• The vertical component is and;
• The horizontal componenent is

= =

All forces must be in respect to the horizontal plane.

Theta () will be the the same for both §

By doing this you seperate the forces into their components. You then need to reduce all the components down to one value in the horizontal and vertical directions.

you can do this like so; Excalidraw - Resolution of one angled force into vertical and horizontal force.excalidraw If there are multiple forces you can draw multiple of these, Then figure out what forces are dominating, if there is two horizontal forces in opposite directions, whatever one is higher wins and has it’s value subtracted from the smaller one.

Once you have finished, treat this like a triangle, and find the hypotenuse, for the example above you would do the following Force Triangle.excalidraw