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Posted by Abdul on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 2:01am.

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 460 N at an angle of 17° with the centerline of the canal. What is the net force on the barge?

physics - Henry, Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 4:31pm
Fn = 2*460*cos17.

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