A truck pushes a pile of dirt horizontally on a frictionless road with a net force of 20\, \text N20N20, start text, N, end text
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Average speed of the driver is given as
if he moved for total time t = 3.5 hours
so the distance between the tow is given as
so the distance between St. Louis and Chicago is 224 miles
If we want the object to continue to move at constant speed, it means that the resultant of the forces acting on the object must be zero. So far, we have:
- force F1 with direction north, of 10 N
- force F2 with direction west, of 10 N
The third force must balance them, in order to have a net force of zero on the object.
The resultant of the two forces F1 and F2 is
with direction at
north-west. This means that F3 must be equal and opposite to this force: so, F3 must have magnitude 14.1 N and its direction should be 
south-east.
- force F1 with direction north, of 10 N
- force F2 with direction west, of 10 N
The third force must balance them, in order to have a net force of zero on the object.
The resultant of the two forces F1 and F2 is
with direction at