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11 years ago
What if one force is pushing an object at 260 Newtons and the other force it pushing at 270 Newtons?
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11 years ago
Resolve horizontally and vertically..
If it's just in one dimension (i.e just horizontally) then the net force will be 10 newtons in the direction of the force inflicting 270 newtons..
The net force is just the sum of the forces acting on a body, if the forces are opposite, give on a negative sign and the other a positive and the net force is just their sum
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11 years ago
You just subtract them.
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11 years ago
I'm guessing you subtract one from the other and come up with an answer of 10 newtons.
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11 years ago
Your question is ambiguous. "Determine" can mean "measure", or it can mean figure out from given values, or maybe some other things. Vector analysis can be confusing and you sort of need someone to draw pictures while explaining it. If your given forces are acting in opposite directions then you can just subtract to get 10 newtons. But if they are in other directions then there is more math involved and that is when you start needing the pictures.
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