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 540 N at an angle of 12° with the centerline of the canal. What is the net force on the barge?
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2*540*cos12 = ____ N
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