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Posted by Mary on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 8:00pm.

A 2 N and 6 N force pull on an object to the right and a 4 N force pulls to the left a 0.5 kg object. What is the net force on the object?

Science - A.P., Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 8:07pm
Net force is the totla force acting on an object.

Remember that forces are vectors, so you have to choose a positive direction, where the vectors will be positive and a negative direction where the vectors will be negative.

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