Homework Help: physic

Posted by kiandra on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 12:06pm.

A force of 20 newtons is exerted on a chair from its right and a force of 12 newtons is applied from its left. What is the net force acting on the chair and in what direction will the chair tend to move?

physic - Henry, Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 7:35pm
Fn=12 - 20 = -8 N.=8 N. To the left.
So the chair will move to the left.

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