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 the resultant force. Round to two decimal places in all intermediate steps and in your final answer.
Please show steps.

Question

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 the resultant force. Round to two decimal places in all intermediate steps and in your final answer.
Please show steps.

anonymous · Answer

Let's start off by drawing a picture of problem so we can all visualize the same image

anonymous · Answer

How would I do that?

anonymous · Answer

Use the draw function.  Does the picture looks something like this? 

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