The magnitude and direction exerted by two tugboats towing a ship are 1610 kilograms, N35°W, and 1250 kilograms, S55°W, respectively. Find the magnitude, to the nearest kilogram, and the direction angle, to the nearest tenth of a degree, of the resultant force.

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The magnitude and direction exerted by two tugboats towing a ship are 1610 kilograms, N35°W, and 1250 kilograms, S55°W, respectively. Find the magnitude, to the nearest kilogram, and the direction angle, to the nearest tenth of a degree, of the resultant force.

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