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A book is lying on a table. If its mass is 15 kg, what would its net force be?

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What you really want to know is:

What is the net force ACTING ON the book ?

The answer is:

Before you ask how much net force there is, you should decide if there IS any net force.

-- If there's any net force acting on the object, then the object is accelerating.

-- If the object is not accelerating, then there is no net force acting on it.

-- The book is just laying there on the table. It is not accelerating. So there is definitely NO net force acting on it.

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