Two forces with magnitudes of 200 and 100 pounds act on an object at angles of 60° and 170° respectively. Find the direction and magnitude of these forces. Round to two decimal places in all intermediate steps and in your final answer.

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anonymous · Answer

u have to find resolved component along x-axis and y-axis respectivel

resolved component along x-axis 
say Rx =200cos60 +100cos170 and along y -axis is Ry=200sin60 +100sin170
after that magnitude R = sqrt (( Rx )^2 + ( Ry)^2)
angle made by the resultant and the x-axis is say a 
then tan(a) = Ry/Rx

anonymous · Answer

So then the magnitude is 190.58 and the direction is 125.38?

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the direction is wrt x-axis

anonymous · Answer

so the direction is -1.41?

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@matricked

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just check ur calculation 
if the calculation is correct u need not worry

anonymous · Answer

I got the same answer. So I guess I'm good?