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Posted by Becky on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 10:31pm.

A barge is hauled along a straight-line section of canal by two horses harnessed to tow ropes and walking along the tow paths on either side of the canal. Each horse pulls with a force of 540 N at an angle of 12° with the centerline of the canal. What is the net force on the barge?

physics - drwls, Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 2:11am
2*540*cos12 = ____ N
physics - Anonymous, Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 4:08pm
911.36

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