Your friend has slipped and fallen. To help her up, you pull with a force F, as the drawing shows. The vertical component of this force is 140 newtons, and the horizontal component is 145 newtons.

Question

Your friend has slipped and fallen. To help her up, you pull with a force F, as the drawing shows. The vertical component of this force is 140 newtons, and the horizontal component is 145 newtons.
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and the angle

Henry · Answer

X = hor. = 145N. Y = ver. = 140N. tanA = Y / X = 140 / 145 = 0.9655, A = 44 deg. F = X / cosA = 145 / cos44 = 202N @ 44 deg.