The forces acting on a sailboat are 390 N north and 180 N east. If the boat (including crew) has a mass of 270 kg, what are the magnitude and direction of its acceleration?
Compute the resultant force by vector addition and divide it by mass for the acceleration vector. The vector addition is easy since the two forces are at right angles. Remember Pythagoras?
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