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 6.40 units acts on a crate at the origin in a direction = 35.0° above the positive x-axis. A second force
F2
of magnitude 5.00 units acts on the crate 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 a crate. Force vector F1 acts up and right on the right side of the crate at an acute angle above the horizontal. Force vector F2 acts vertically upwards on the top side of the crate.
magnitude units
direction ° counterclockwise from the +x-