Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6.3, Problem 6.2GI
Three forces have magnitudes in newtons that are numerically equal to these quantities: (a)x, (b) x2, and (c)
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