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What happens to an object's motion when 2 equal forces act on an object in opposite directions?
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Nothing! If the two forces are equal and opposite then they will cancel each other out. What will happen next is described in Newton's First law when it says "An object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force". Two equal and opposite forces have the same effect as no force, therefore the object's motion will remain the same as if it had never been acted upon by the two opposite forces.
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When you add equal forces excerted in opposite directions the net force does what?
Zero
The statement by Newton that for every action there is an opposite but equal reaction is regarded as which of his laws of motion?
The statement by Newton that for every action there is an opposite by equal reaction is regarded as the third of Newton's laws of motion. This means that in every interaction there is actually a pair of forces acting on the two objects that are equal but work in opposite directions.
What happens when a balanced pair of forces acts on a single object?
When all forces are balanced, the object is either stationairy or moving in one direction inTekkit - Episode 2 a constant speed
When two forces act on an object in opposite directions and the object moves will it move in the direction of the smaller or greater force?
Greater force
How do you find the net force when two forces act in opposite directions?
by subbracting
What happens when two forces act in opposite directions with the same amount of force?
If this happens then they will get pushed apart. Otherwise nothing really will happen unless there is objects at the end were it is pushing.
In newtons third law the action and reaction forces?
The two forces are of the same magnitude, act in opposite directions, and act on different objects.
What happens when forces are going in opposite directions?
Assuming the two forces are acting ON THE SAME OBJECT, you can subtract the two forces, to get the net force. Important: This does not apply to Newton's Third Law, since the forces act on DIFFERENT OBJECTS. I mention this because people tend to get this confused.
What happens to an object's motion if two equal forces act on it in opposite directions?
Pay attention and study
What are equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions?
Equal forces acting on an object in opposite directions are called balanced forces. If they are on the same line of action, they are called couple forces.
What are equal forces that move in opposite directions?
Balanced forces
Newton's third law of motion states that the force pair acting on different objects consists of two forces?
that are equal and in opposite directions
What happens when the applied force is equal to the kinetic friction?
Presumably, the forces are in opposite directions. In that case, the total force is zero, and there will be no acceleration.
What happens when forces act in the opposite directions?
If they are equal in values - nothing. Otherwise, it will move to the same direction as the direction of the greater force.
When finding net force why must you know the directions of the forces acting on an objects?
Forces have directions and can cancel themselves in the netting.
When a truck pulls a trailer and truck accelerate forward even though the action and reaction forces are the same size but are in opposite directions why don't these forces balance each other?
Because the forces are acting on two different objects
These forces push on rocks from different but not opposite directions?
divergent bounders or shearing forces
