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Two tugboats pull a disabled supertanker. Each tug exerts a constant force of 1.60×106 N, one at an angle 13.0 west of north, an

d the other at an angle 13.0 east of north, as they pull the tanker a distance 0.700 km toward the north.
What is the total work done by the two tugboats on the supertanker?

Express your answer in joules, to three significant figures.

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Juliette [100K]4 years ago

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Answer: $W=1.93\times 10^9 J$

Explanation:

Given

Force $F=1.6\times 10^{6} N$

one at an angle of $13^{\circ}$ East of North and another at $13^{\circ}$ West of North

Net Force is in North Direction

$F_{net}=2F\cos 13$

Forces in horizontal direction will cancel out each other

thus Work done will be by north direction forces

$W=2F\cdot \cos 30\cdot s$

here $s=0.7 km$

$W=2\times 1.6\times 10^{6}\cdot \cos 30\cdot 700$

$W=1.93\times 10^9 J$

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