A 900 kg car is pulling a 275 kg trailer. Together, the car and trailer have an acceleration of 2.21 m/s2 in the forward direction. Neglecting frictional forces on the trailer, determine the following. (Indicate the direction with the sign of your answer. Take the forward direction to be positive.) ANSWER D ONLY PART ABOUT DIRECTION ANGLE, I ALREADY HAVE THE OTHER ANSWERS.  (a) the net force on the car   1989 N (b) the net force on the trailer   607.5 N (c) the force exerted by the trailer on the car   -607.5 N (d) the resultant force exerted by the car on the road magnitude 9149  N direction

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A 900 kg car is pulling a 275 kg trailer. Together, the car and trailer have an acceleration of 2.21 m/s2 in the forward direction. Neglecting frictional forces on the trailer, determine the following. (Indicate the direction with the sign of your answer. Take the forward direction to be positive.)

ANSWER D ONLY PART ABOUT DIRECTION ANGLE, I ALREADY HAVE THE OTHER ANSWERS. 

(a) the net force on the car
  1989 N

(b) the net force on the trailer
  607.5 N

(c) the force exerted by the trailer on the car
  -607.5 N

(d) the resultant force exerted by the car on the road
magnitude 9149  N
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