two forces of magnitude 8N making an angle of 30 and 120 with +xaxis . FInd the y component of reultant

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y-component of any force equals
ysin(θ) where θ is the (counterclockwise) angle with the +x-axis.

So the y-component of the resultant
=ΣFsin(θ)
=8sin(30)+8sin(120)
=?