Engineering Mechanics
If ‘P’ is the force acting on the body, ‘m’ is the mass of the body and ‘a’ is the acceleration of the body, then according to Newton's second law of motion,
If any number of forces acting at a point can be represented in direction and magnitude by the sides of a polygon, then the forces are in equilibrium
If a polygon representing forces acting at a point is closed then forces are in equilibrium
If any number of forces acting at a point can be represented in direction and magnitude by the sides of a polygon taken in order, then the forces are in equilibrium
If any number of forces acting at a point can be represented by the sides of a polygon taken in order, then the forces are in equilibrium