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What amount of force is being exerted in the horizontal direction?

What amount of force is being exerted in the horizontal direction?-example-1

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Step-by-step explanation:

Use trigonometry. The horizontal force is:

Fₓ = F cos θ

Fₓ = 20 N cos 60°

Fₓ = 10 N

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