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A 2-kg object is moving horizontally with the speed of 4m/s. How much net force is required to keep the object moving at this speed in this direction?
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A 2-kg object is moving horizontally with the speed of 4m/s. How much net force is required to keep the object moving at this speed in this direction?

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Force is only required to CHANGE speed or direction ... not to maintain it.

The net requirement is zero.
(in any direction)
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