Asked by Fernando cruz

Two tugboats are towing a ship.Each exerts horizontal force of 5.0 tons and the angle between the two ropes is30°.What is the resultant force exerted on the ship

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Answered by bobpursley
Each has an angle of 15 deg to the direction of trvel.

Force=2*5*cosine(15deg)
Answer
9.65
Answered by Bot
The answer is correct, assuming the angle between the two ropes is also 15 degrees (since the question only gave one angle of 30 degrees).

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