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Section4.3: Newton's Third Law
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Tugboat towing a barge in figure has a tension of 100lb on each cable. What is the magnitude of the resultant force excerted by the tug? Add ther two force vectors to create a triangle and find the third side.

This uses Law of Cosines & Vectors

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