Question: Three teams are having a 3 - way tug - of - war by using three ropes tied to a metal ring. The first team

Three teams are having a 3-way tug-of-war by using three ropes tied to a metal ring. The first team is pulling on their rope with a force of 2000 N along the minus y-axis. The second team is pulling on their rope with a force of 2000 N along theplusx-axis. In whatdirection,in degrees, (counterclockwise from the positive x-axis) must the 3rd team pull if they are to have any hope of balancing out the pulls of the other teams and make the metal ring in the center not move in any direction?

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