SOLUTION: Two jeeps at a 90 degree angle to each other try to pull a car out of the snow. If one jeep exerts a force of 600lbs. and the other exerts a force of 800lbs , what is the resulting

Question 76872: Two jeeps at a 90 degree angle to each other try to pull a car out of the snow. If one jeep exerts a force of 600lbs. and the other exerts a force of 800lbs , what is the resulting force on the car stuck in the snow?
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Two jeeps at a 90 degree angle to each other try to pull a car out of the snow. If one jeep exerts a force of 600lbs. and the other exerts a force of 800lbs , what is the resulting force on the car stuck in the snow?
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Wouldn't the resultant force be the hypotenuse formed by these two right triangles?
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F = SqRt(600^2 + 800^2)
F = 1000 lbs
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