How do I find the x and y components and the resultant force?

Explanation:

1) the diagonal force times the sine of the angle it makes will give you the vertical component or y component . use this to get the vertical components of all the diagonal forces . add all the vertical components as well as the vertical forces together

2) the diagonal force times the cosine of the angle it makes gives the horizontal component or x component. do this to get the x component of all the diagonal forces.

add all the x components as well as the horizontal forces together to get the final x component

3)using the triangle of vectors, the resultant force is calculated

sum of y component = 3.2N

sum of x component= 5.7N

resultant force = 6.5N

no. dot product   =0 when vecs at right angles