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The projection or scalar component of a force along a line is found by:
A. Finding the direction cosines for the force with respect to a rectangular coordinate system. |
B. Taking the cross product of the force and the vector representation of the line. |
C. Taking the scalar product of the force and the vector representation of the line. |
D. Finding the direction cosines for the line with respect to a rectangular coordinate system. |
component of force is given by
So it is
C. Taking the scalar product of the force and the vector representation of the line.