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A box is being pulled to the right on flat ground with a force of 112 N at an angle of 42° to the horizontal. What is the x-component of the force of tension?
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A box is being pulled to the right on flat ground with a force of 112 N at an angle of 42° to the horizontal. What is the x-component of the force of tension?

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The x-component is related with the Force through the trigonometric function cosine.

cos(42°) = x-component / F ⇒ x-component = Fcos(42°) = 112N*0.743 = 83.2 N

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