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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 1, Problem 39P
A woman takes her dog Rover for a walk on a leash. To get the little dog moving forward, she pulls on the leash with a force of 20.0 N at an angle of 37° above the horizontal, (a) How much force is tending to pull Rover forward? (b) How much force is tending to lift Rover off the ground?
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