A barge is hauled along a straight-line section of canal by two horses harnessed to tow ropes and walking along the tow paths on either side of the canal. Each horse pulls with a force of 955 N at an angle of 15° with the centerline of the canal. Find the sum of these two forces on the barge.
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2 * 955 N * cos(15º)
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