A cart is pushed to the right with a force of 15 N while being pulled to the left with a force of 20 N. The net force on the cart is?

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Selina Gould

28 May, 02:33

A cart is pushed to the right with a force of 15 N while being pulled to the left with a force of 20 N. The net force on the cart is?

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Rafael Mosley · Answer 1

The net force of the cart when it is pushed to the right with a force of 15N.

Explanation:

To find the force of net, which is calculated by the formula.

The Net Force = Addition of the force applied on the respective direction.

The Net Force here is given by

The Net Force = 15-20 (A force towards the right and a force towards left, two opposite so subtraction).

Hence

Thus the Net Force = - 5 (The force towards left, so it gets a negative value).