Question: A ship is pulled at a constant speed by two small boats, A and B, as shown. The engine of the ship does not produce

A ship is pulled at a constant speed by two small boats, A and B, as shown. The engine of the ship does not produce any force.

The tension in each cable between A and B and the ship is 4000 N.
a. Draw a free-body diagram showing the three horizontal forces acting on the ship.
b. Draw a vector diagram to scale showing these three forces and use your diagram to find the value of the drag force on the ship.

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