Answer
$F_{net}$ is directed in the positive y direction.
Work Step by Step
By symmetry, the x-components of the two gravitational forces on A cancel out and $F_{net}$ is directed in the positive y direction.
Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)
by Halliday, David; Resnick, Robert; Walker, Jearl
Published by
Wiley
ISBN 10:
1-11823-072-8
ISBN 13:
978-1-11823-072-5
Chapter 13 - Gravitation - Questions - Page 378: 9a
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