Two rowboats on a lake are lined up, in contact, front to back in the same direction. A passenger in the rear boat pushes the front boat directly forward with a force of 40 N. How much force does the front boat exert on the rear boat?

A. 0N
B. 20N
C. 40N
D. 80N

come closer and become far apart and become steam/gas

see the picture for the vector

the magnitude of the vector by pythagorean theorem

r = √( (-10)^2 + (3)^2 ) = √109

magnitude = √109 units

the direction angle between vector and x-axis is

tan^(-1)(3/10) = 16.699

so the direction is approximately 16.7 degrees north of west

i would say