Forces in One Dimension – Practice

Questions:

1) Forces of 20N to the left and 100N to the left act on an object. What is the resultant force acting on the object?

2) Forces of 400N to the right and 150N to the left act on an object. What is the resultant force acting on the object?

3) The following forces are acting on a stationary object: 3.5N up, 5N up and 11.2N up. What is the

resultant force acting on the object?

4) Three children are playing with a large box. One child pushes the box with a force of 25N right, a second child pushes the box with a force of 40N left and the third child pushes the box with a force of 30N right. What is the resultant force acting on the object?

Quick Answers:

1) 120N left

2) 250N right

3) 19.7N up

4) 15N right

Worked Answers: