Question

A person is standing on ice. He throws a snowball with a force of 4 N to the right, while the snowball pushes the person with a force of 4 N to the left. What is the net force on the person?

0 N
8 N
4 N, right
4 N, left

Answer 1

Net force on the person is 0 N.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that, a person is standing on ice. He throws a snowball with a force of 4 N to the right, while the snowball pushes the person with a force of 4 N to the left.

The given scenario is balanced because the same amount of force is acting in both direction.

Net force,
`F_(net)=F_r-F_l`

Where

`F_r\ and\ F_l` are forces in right side and left side respectively.

This gives,
`F_(net)=0`

So, the net force acting on the person is 0 N. Hence, the correct option is (a).

Answer 2

In my point of view,
if two different forces act on two different directions the net force acting is the difference between them
So,4n-4n=0n