Question: how to find magnitude and direction of the resultant?
Answer: To find for the magnitude and direction of a resultant force when doing vector addition is to find first for the x and y components of the vectors to be added. ...  -x-axis. ...  F1 = 5.6 newtons eastward; F2 = 12 newtons 30 degrees west of north; F3 = 9.4 newtons 60 degrees south of west. F1 is eastward hence it is 0 degrees.