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Since it is in one dimension, you add as you add real numbers, either 10 + (-20) (if you call east positive), or -10 + 20 (if you call west positive).

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What is the force or weight of the object being moved called?

A contact force: a force directly acting on the object by physical means: and field force: a force that affects an object without direct physical means (ex. gravity, magnetism, weak force, strong force). And in order to move an object in a certain direction, you must apply enough force in one direction to overcome other forces acting on the object. This idea is basically net force which shows you the total force and in what direction it occurs. To calculate the force needed in order to move the object, you just add or subtract forces depending on what direction you are trying to make it go. Ex. An object has a force of 10 newtons east but you want it going west. You mark the forces first: force 1= -10 (since it is in the opposite direction we want), Force 2= X newtons. To find X we need to make an equality creating at least a force greater than 0 since if we just make it 0, then the velocity will just stay the same in the negative direction. So we make the inequality X-10>0. Then we just solve the inequality which would end out to be x>10 which means that we need a force greater than 10 newtons in the west direction.


When a man walks towards east the frictional force is applied in?

When a man walks towards the east, the frictional force is applied in the opposite direction of his motion, which is towards the west. This frictional force acts to oppose the motion of the man and helps to keep him from slipping.


A crate is pushed east across a frictionless surface with a force of 240N and pulled to the east by a rope with a force of 120N What is the net force on the crate?

There is no force of friction, so you would simply add both Net forces together. 240+120 = 360N


Can a force directed north balance a force directed east?

No, a force directed north cannot balance a force directed east unless they have equal magnitudes and are acting at right angles to each other. In order to balance forces, the vector sum of all forces acting on an object must be zero.


Can a body moving with certain velocity in the direction of east have aeleration in the direction of west explain how?

Yes a body moving with some velocity in the direction of east have acceleration in the west because when the body will stop or exerts brakes so the body will move a little back and acceleration will be produced in the opposite direction which is west.

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How do you calculate net force?

One calculates net force by adding up all of the individual forces according to what directions they act in. Amount of force is often measured in newtons. One newton of force is how much force it would take to increase the speed of one kilogram of any substance by 1 meter per second every single second (meaning the speed must constantly be increasing).For example, if Tito is pushing a box west with 2 newtons of force, and Esmeralda is pushing the box west with 5 newtons and north with 4 newtons, the net (total) force on the box is 2 + 5 = 7 newtons westward and 4 newtons northward. Most people do not use points of the compass (west, north, etc.) for their directions, though.


What is the net force when you combine a force of 17 N east with a force of 17 N west and a force of 5 N north?

The net force in the east-west direction is 0 N as the forces cancel out. In the north direction, the net force is 5 N upwards.


What was the distance of the Persian Empire from east to west?

you should just calculate the distance from west of India to the heart of eastern Europe which is now Romania. it is the distance from east to west of Persian empires.


What is the net force of 10N east and 3N west?

7 N east


What direction does the force of friction push on a cart's wheel if the cart is going west?

East


How do you find the magnitude and bearing of resultant if force of 11 lbs. east and a force of 17 lbs. west act on a point?

Take east to be the positive direction, +11 lb. Take west to be the negative direction, -17 lb. Resultant (net force) = +11 lb + (-17 lb) = -6 lb, or 6 lb west.


Does fronts go from east to west or west to east?

west to east idiot


Suppose you push a cart toward the west In what direction does the force of friction push on the cart's wheels?

east


How left-hand rule is used for finding direction of force of current carrying wire when electron is moving from east to west?

what is the direction of motion of current carrying wire when electron is moving from east to west


What is the force or weight of the object being moved called?

A contact force: a force directly acting on the object by physical means: and field force: a force that affects an object without direct physical means (ex. gravity, magnetism, weak force, strong force). And in order to move an object in a certain direction, you must apply enough force in one direction to overcome other forces acting on the object. This idea is basically net force which shows you the total force and in what direction it occurs. To calculate the force needed in order to move the object, you just add or subtract forces depending on what direction you are trying to make it go. Ex. An object has a force of 10 newtons east but you want it going west. You mark the forces first: force 1= -10 (since it is in the opposite direction we want), Force 2= X newtons. To find X we need to make an equality creating at least a force greater than 0 since if we just make it 0, then the velocity will just stay the same in the negative direction. So we make the inequality X-10>0. Then we just solve the inequality which would end out to be x>10 which means that we need a force greater than 10 newtons in the west direction.


When a man walks towards east the frictional force is applied in?

When a man walks towards the east, the frictional force is applied in the opposite direction of his motion, which is towards the west. This frictional force acts to oppose the motion of the man and helps to keep him from slipping.


Does the moon move east to west or west to east?

It appears to move from the east to west.