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Force Exerted By each Student on the Couch

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Two students carry a couch up a flight of stairs at a constant speed. The couch is 2.20 m long, makes an angle of 35.0° with the horizontal, and weighs 190 N. The upper student exerts a horizontal force on the top end of the couch; the lower student holds the bottom end of the couch. Find the magnitude of the force exerted by each student.
1 ________ N(upper student)
2 _________N (lower student)

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