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What is the net force acting on an object?

If an object has two forces acting on it, how can the net force equal 0?
Under what conditions does the net force acting on an object equal the sum of the individual forces?

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If two forces act on an object in the same direction, the net force is the sum of the two forces. In this case, the net force is always greater than either of the individual forces.

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i just finished this in science what i think is that both forces are equal and acting on each other causing them to cancel out ??
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