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It's easiest to think about net force in a one dimensional world (a line). Say force 1 is exerting two newtons on the left side of object A (pushing it to the right), and force 2 is exerting 4 newtons on the opposite side of object A. All you have to do is subtract the two forces and you end up with 2 newtons being exerted on the right side of object A, accelerating it to the left.

On a plane or in space, it's the same concept. What I find easiest to do, especially for plains, is to plot the forces, using the object as the origin. Then I draw each force vector, but instead of having them all extend off the object, I draw them off one another, e.g. the start of one vector is the end of the previous one. I then calculate the distance between the endpoint of all the vectors and the objects, and that is the net force.

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