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A wooden box is pushed with 100 N towards North direction, and from the opposite side another 100 N is applied towards South direction. What is the net force?
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A wooden box is pushed with 100 N towards North

direction, and from the opposite side another 100 N is
applied towards South direction. What is the net force?

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0 N. The net force is found through thinking of the quantities as scalar. If you want to think of north as positive, think of south as negative. Then add them. 100 + (-100) = 0N
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