A worker pushes a large rock to the north while another worker helps by pushing it to the east. If they both exert equal force,

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in what direction does the rock move?
northeast

east

north

southwest

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Cloud [144] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-13T04:46:37+03:00

Answer:

Northeast

Explanation:

Let magnitude of the force acting along north and east be F.

One worker pushes it toward north and another pushes it along east with same magnitude.

According to law of parallelogram the Resultant force has direction along northeast as shown in the figure.