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title: "Three students are pulling on a bag of skittles. Each is pulling with a horizontal force. If student 1 pulls Eastward with \\(170 \\, \\text{N}\\), student 2 pulls Southward with \\(100 \\, \\text{N}\\) and student 3 pulls with \\(200 \\, \\text{N}\\) at an angle of \\(20^\\circ\\) west of north, what is the net force caused by the three students on the bag of skittles?"
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# Three students are pulling on a bag of skittles. Each is pulling with a horizontal force. If student 1 pulls Eastward with \(170 \, \text{N}\), student 2 pulls Southward with \(100 \, \text{N}\) and student 3 pulls with \(200 \, \text{N}\) at an angle of \(20^\circ\) west of north, what is the net force caused by the three students on the bag of skittles?

Three students are pulling on a bag of skittles. Each is pulling with a horizontal force. If student 1 pulls Eastward with \(170 \, \text{N}\), student 2 pulls Southward with \(100 \, \text{N}\) and student 3 pulls with \(200 \, \text{N}\) at an angle of \(20^\circ\) west of north, what is the net force caused by the three students on the bag of skittles?

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