How does a net force affect an object?
1 Answer
Apr 28, 2014
The net force on an object is just the sum of all outside forces. So the affect of any non-zero net force is to cause an acceleration in the direction of the force.
For instance if we had a 2 kg ball on a number line and we then push on the ball with a 2 N force in the negative direction and a 3 N force in the positive direction then the net force on the object would be 1 N in the positive direction.
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We can determine the acceleration of the object by applying Newton's Second Law.
Solve for a
a =
a =
So the acceleration caused by the net force in this example would be
