All Textbook Topics - Forces and Motion - Balanced and Unbalanced Forces on objects that can move - Two forces acting on an object in opposite directions will subtract from each other to produce a resultant force

Two forces acting on an object in opposite directions will subtract from each other to produce a resultant force

In the two diagrams below, the two opposite forces will subtract from each other to make one resultant force.

In the diagram above the 2N to the left subtract from the 4N to the right resulting in 2N to the right.

In the diagram above the 3N to the right subtract from the 5N to the left resulting in 2N to the left.

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If an object has two forces acting on it in opposite directions and with equal magnitudes, then the forces on that object are balanced

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