Calculating Net Force - Balanced or Unbalanced?

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What is Net Force?

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The overall force acting on an object when all the individual forces are combined.

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What does it mean if forces are balanced?

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Balanced forces mean that the total net force is zero, resulting in no change in motion.

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What does it mean if forces are unbalanced?

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Unbalanced forces result in a net force that is not zero, causing an object to accelerate in the direction of the net force.

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How do you calculate Net Force when two forces act in the same direction?

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Add the magnitudes of the forces together.

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How do you calculate Net Force when two forces act in opposite directions?

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Subtract the smaller force from the larger force and take the direction of the larger force.

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What is the net force if a 30 N force is applied to the right and a 10 N force is applied to the left?

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20 N Right.

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What happens to an object at rest when balanced forces act on it?

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It remains at rest.

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What happens to a moving object when balanced forces act on it?

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It continues to move at a constant speed in a straight line.

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If two people push a box with forces of 40 N Right and 20 N Right, what is the net force?

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60 N Right.

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If a soccer ball is kicked with a force of 50 N Left and another with 50 N Right, what is the net force?

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0 N.