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What is the net force on the box if it's 15N going to the left and 10N going to the right? HOw will the unbalanced forces change the direction of the box

Since there is 15N going to the left, and 10n going to the right, there is 5N going to the left. The equation for this is:

N(L) - N(R) = N left over

L = left
R = right

It can also be this:

N(R) - N(L) = N left over

The higher net force will mostly be the first term.

The unbalanced forces will change the direction because if there is more force going in one direction, it will go to the direction that has a higher amount of net force than than the other direction(s).

I hope all of this will help! :)

You're welcome Coleson! :)

You're welcome!

Imagine 15 people pushing a box in one direction and 10 people on the other side pushing against them.

If you had 1 person each side pushing against each other would it move?

What do you think the answer is?

It's adding if the forces are in the same direction.

If you had 30 people on one side of the box and then 20 more joined them. You would have 50 people pushing in one direction.

If you had 30 people on one side of the box and 20 on the opposite side then you would be the same as if only 10 people were on the first side and no one on the other side.

Oh, Thank you Brady And GanonTEK!

To calculate the net force on the box, we need to add up the forces acting on it. In this case, there is a force of 15N going to the left and a force of 10N going to the right.

The net force is determined by subtracting the force going in one direction from the force going in the opposite direction. So, in this case, we subtract 10N (the force going to the right) from 15N (the force going to the left).

Net force = 15N - 10N = 5N

Therefore, the net force on the box is 5N to the left.

The presence of an unbalanced force will cause an object (in this case, the box) to accelerate or change its velocity. In this scenario, since the net force is to the left (5N), the unbalanced forces will cause the box to move to the left. The acceleration and speed at which the box moves will depend on its mass, but the presence of a net force in a specific direction will always cause a change in motion in the same direction.

Well, you can, but that is for the TOTAL NET FORCE. That would be addition, this problem does not deal with addition.

I thought to calculate net force was adding :o