A piling for a high-rise building is pushed by two bulldozers at exactly the same time. One bulldozer exerts a force of 1250 pounds in a westerly direction. The other bulldozer pushes the piling with a force of 2650 pounds in a northerly direction. What is the magnitude of the resultant force upon the piling, to the nearest ten pounds?

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anonymous · Answer

@johnweldon1993 can you help me?

johnweldon1993 · Answer

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Adding vectors...lets do the tip to tail method here

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Now it just looks like a right triangle doesnt it :)

anonymous · Answer

Ok, thank you! So would it be 2930?

anonymous · Answer

@johnweldon1993

johnweldon1993 · Answer

That's what I get :)