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Posted by Dee on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 10:16am.

The sum of two forces, one having a magnitude of 8 N acting due west and other having a magnitude of 6 N acting due north is ___. What is the magnitude of that force?
Answer in units of N

physics - Henry, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 4:31pm
Mag. = sgrt(6^2 + 8^2) = 10N.

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