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An object is being acted upon by three forces and as a result moves with a constant velocity. One force is 60.0 N along the +x-axis, and the second is 75.0 N along the +y-axis. What is the magnitude of the third force?

An object is being acted upon by three forces and as a result moves with a constant-example-1

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The diagram representing the forces is shown below

The triangle formed is a right angle triangle. x represents maginitude of the third force. To find x, we would apply the pythagorean theorem which is expressed as

hypotenuse^2 = one leg^2 + other leg^2

From the triangle,

one leg = 75

other leg = 60

hypotenuse = x

By applying the theorem,

x^2 = 60^2 + 75^2 = 3600 + 5625 = 9225

x = square root of 9225

x = 96

The magnitude of the third force is 96 N

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