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Two horses pull horizontally on ropes attached to a tree stump each horse pulls with a force of F if the angle between the two ropes is 126° what's resultant force?​

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Answer:

126 / 2 = 63 = angle between one rope and the direction of the resultant force

t = F cos 73 = .45 F force on stump due to one horse

T = 2 t = .90 F force on stump due to both horses - T would be the resultant of the two horses each pulling with force F

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