A child decides to take her cat on a walk, but the cat does not cooperate.  The child pulls on the 2.5 kg cat with force of 20 N in a direction that is 30 degrees above horizontal, and the cat resists being pulled forward with a horizontal force of 15 N.   How much force is the child pulling with in the horizontal direction (the direction the cat will move)?

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A child decides to take her cat on a walk, but the cat does not cooperate.  The child pulls on the 2.5 kg cat with force of 20 N in a direction that is 30 degrees above horizontal, and the cat resists being pulled forward with a horizontal force of 15 N.  

How much force is the child pulling with in the horizontal direction (the direction the cat will move)?

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