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Reply 1
Adding up the i-components: 20 cos 75 - 30 cos 25 + 60 = 37.98714729...

Adding up the j-components: 20 sin 75 - 30 sin 25 = 6.639968674...

So resultant force = sqrt (37.987^2 + 6.64^2) = 38.6 N

Direction of this force = 90 - arctan(6.64/37.987) = 80 degrees right of N

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