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Pulling a Car Out of a Ditch

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Problem: A tow truck pulls a car with a cable force of 3 kN at \(25^\circ\) above the horizontal, while a person pushes the car horizontally in the same direction with 600 N. Find the resultant of these two forces and its angle above the horizontal.

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F_R
\text{kN}
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\theta
^{\circ}
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