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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/Gettysburg_College_Physics_for_Physics_Majors/17%3A_N3)_2_Dimensional_Kinematics_and_Projectile_Motion/17.01%3A_Dealing_with_Forces_in_Two_Dimensions
      Note, however, that in general this angle \(\theta\) may not be one of the interior angles of the triangle (as shown on the right diagram in Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\)), and that in that case it may jus...Note, however, that in general this angle \(\theta\) may not be one of the interior angles of the triangle (as shown on the right diagram in Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\)), and that in that case it may just be simpler to calculate the magnitude of the components using trigonometry and an interior angle (such as 180\(^{\circ} − \theta\) in the example), and give them the appropriate signs “by hand.” In the example on the right, the length of the horizontal side of the triangle is equal to \( |\vec{F}…

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