SOLUTION: Two cranes are used to lift a heavy concrete pillar. One crane pulls straight up with a force of 7200N. The other with a force of 5300N to the left at an angle of 34 degrees to the

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Question 1168626: Two cranes are used to lift a heavy concrete pillar. One crane pulls straight up with a force of 7200N. The other with a force of 5300N to the left at an angle of 34 degrees to the horizontal.
a) What is the magnitude of the combined force, to the nearest tenth of a newton?
b) At what angle does the pillar move to the nearest tenth of a degree?
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First part of the problem makes sense, and it was solved and answered correctly at this link

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The second part of the problem is posed INCORRECTLY.

We only can answer, what the resulting force is.

But it DOES NOT determine "at what angle does the pillar move".


Learn the basics of  Physics  (!) . . .  before composing your problems . . .