As you will see in a later chapter, forces are vector quantities, and the total force on an object is the vector sum of all forces acting on it. In the figure below, a force
F1
of magnitude 5.90 units acts on an object at the origin in a direction θ = 33.0° above the positive x-axis. A second force
F2
of magnitude 5.00 units acts on the object in the direction of the positive y-axis. Find graphically the magnitude and direction (in degrees counterclockwise from the +x-axis) of the resultant force
F1 + F2.

Two forces act on an object. Force vector F1 acts up and right on the right side of the object at an acute angle θ above the horizontal. Force vector F2 acts vertically upwards on the top side of the object.
magnitude
units
direction
° counterclockwise from the +x-axis