Mr. M, Mrs. M, and his daughter are playing a game of tug of war by pulling horizontally in different directions. Mr. M pulls with a force 55N [N]. Mrs. M pulls force of 45N [E55S]. Astoundingly, when his 1.5-year-old daughter pulls on her rope, everyone stops accelerating. What is the magnitude and direction that his daughter has to pull in order for this to be true?

Mr. M, Mrs. M, and his daughter are playing a game of tug of war by pulling horizontally in different directions. Mr. M pulls with a force 55N [N]. Mrs. M pulls force of 45N [E55S]. Astoundingly, when his 1.5-year-old daughter pulls on her rope, everyone stops accelerating. What is the magnitude and direction that his daughter has to pull in order for this to be true?

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Chapter2: Vectors

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