Three forces of magnitude $F_1, F_2$ and $F_3$ act on a body located at the origin as shown in the figure. The condition that gives zero net force is

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For equilibrium ; $\Sigma F_y=0$ $F_2 \sin 60^{\circ}+F_1 \sin 30^{\circ}=F_3 \cos 45^{\circ}$ $\Rightarrow \quad F_2 \times \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}+F_1 \times \frac{1}{2}=F_3 \times \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$ $\Rightarrow \quad \sqrt{3} F_2+F_1=\sqrt{2} F_3$...(i) and $\quad \Sigma F_x=0$ $F_2 \cos 60^{\circ}=F_3 \sin 45^{\circ}+F_1 \cos 30^{\circ}$ $\Rightarrow \quad F_2 \times \frac{1}{2}=F_3 \times \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}+F_1 \times \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$ $\Rightarrow \quad F_2=\sqrt{2} F_3+\sqrt{3} F_1$...(ii) Subtracting eq. (ii) from eq. (i) we get, $\sqrt{3} F_2+F_1-F_2=-\sqrt{3} F_1$ $\begin{array}{rrr}\Rightarrow & (\sqrt{3}-1) F_2=-F_1(1+\sqrt{3}) \\ \Rightarrow & F_2=F_1\left(\frac{1+\sqrt{3}}{1-\sqrt{3}}\right)\end{array}$ $\begin{array}{ll}\Rightarrow & F_2=-\frac{F_1(\sqrt{3}+1)^2}{(\sqrt{3}-1)(\sqrt{3}+1)} \\ \Rightarrow & F_2=\frac{-F_1(3+1+2 \sqrt{3})}{3-1}\end{array}$ or $\quad F_2=-F_1(2+\sqrt{3})$ Now, putting the value of $F_2$ in eq. (i), we get $\begin{aligned} \sqrt{3}\left[-F_1(2+\sqrt{3})\right]+F_1 & =\sqrt{2} F_3 \\ F_1[-2 \sqrt{3}-3+1] & =\sqrt{2} F_3 \\ F_3 & =\sqrt{6}-\sqrt{2}\end{aligned}$

Three forces of magnitude $F_1, F_2$ and $F_3$ act on a body located at the origin as shown in the figure.…

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