Question

You are pushing a box toward your friend with a force of 15 N, and your friend is pushing the box toward you with a force of 30 N. What is the net force? What direction will the box move (toward you or toward your friend)?

Answer 1

A. Net force is 15 N.

B. The answer is given below.

Step-by-step explanation:

The following data were obtained from the question:

Force applied by you (Fᵧ) = 15 N

Force applied by your friend (Fբ) = 30 NForce applied by you (Fᵧ) = 15 N

Force applied by your friend (Fբ) = 30 N

Net force (Fₙ) =?

A. Determination of the net force.

Force applied by you (Fᵧ) = 15 N

Force applied by your friend (Fբ) = 30 N

Net force (Fₙ) =?

Fₙ = Fբ – Fᵧ

Fₙ = 30 – 15

Fₙ = 15 N

Thus, the net force acting on the box is 15 N.

B. From the question given above, we can conclude that the box will move towards you because the force applied by your friend is greater than yours.