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I'm not sure where I'm going wrong - to find the vertical component of the force f, the answer is to do f*sin(30). But in my workings, sin(30)=d/door, so I'm not sure how f would come into it.

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Kevin De Bruyne

Original post by Sint

I'm not sure where I'm going wrong - to find the vertical component of the force f, the answer is to do f*sin(30). But in my workings, sin(30)=d/door, so I'm not sure how f would come into it.

If you're interested in finding the vertical and horizontal components of the force F, the length of the door or the perpendicular distance d doesn't matter. You could just draw a force diagram on its own with the door as a horizontal.. but then again you haven't posted the question, just that you're trying to find the components so..