What is the definition of net force?

Answer 1

Net force is the amount of force that is making the object change direction or motion. For example : the net force on someone standing on the floor is zero, even though gravity is exerting a force on them. It's because their legs are providing the same amount of force in the opposite direction, causing them to not crash through the floor.

Answer 2

Net force is the overall force acting on an object when all individual forces are combined. It is the vector sum of all forces acting on an object, taking into account both magnitude and direction. The net force determines the object's acceleration according to Newton's second law of motion.

Answer 3

Net force is the vector sum of all the forces acting on an object.

For example a force of 10 pounds upward and a force of 10 pounds downward give a net force of zero.

A force of 10 pounds up (90 degrees) and 10 pounds to he right ( 0 degrees) gives anet force of 14.14 pounds at 45 degrees

Answer 4

If you combine all the forces in your problem , using vector addition, the resulting answer is the "net force" As a simple example if you have a force of 10 N pointing right and a force of 3 N pointing left then because they are in opposite directions the net force will be 7 N pointing right.

Answer 5

The term "Net Force" takes into consideration all of the forces that act upon an object, and is a single force that has the same effect on the object as all of the other forces have upon it. For example, take a textbook lying on a table. The force of gravity pulls down on the textbook, while the force from the table pushing up on the book (called the "normal force") matches it. Since the book isn't accelerating in any way, the net force is considered to be zero.

In another example, a car is driving down a road, accelerating. There is the force from the tires pushing against the ground propelling the car forward, and there is air resistance, rolling friction, and internal resistance acting against the car. The entire situation can be described with a single net force in the forward direction. Such a force has a magnitude less than that of the force from the tires pushing against the ground.

This also applies when adding force vectors that are not parallel or perpendicular to each other.

Answer 6

The overall force on an object when all the individual forces acting on an object are added together.

Answer 7

The summation of all forces acting on a object.

Answer 8

Sum of all forces acting upon an object. Don't forget the negative/positive signs.

Answer 9

Net force is the vector sum (magnitudes and directions) of one or more
separate forces all acting on the same object.

Answer 10

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