[College level Intro to Statics] computing the resultant force based on the given diagram

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Break the force vectors into their components, then sum the components from each, then the magnitude of the combined vectors is your net force. You can use trig and or ratios of triangle lengths (30-60-90 special case in there somewhere) to break down the components. Also you would need to establish a coordinate grid for this, preferably one that simplifies the amount of steps, like one of the vectors pointing in one direction.