Two people are playing tug of war. One person pulls to the right with 32 N of force. The other person pulls to the left with 37 N of force. How strong is the net force and in which direction?

Answer 1

So for this problem we simply have to express which the difference between the forces, and whoever is pulling harder is going to be our direction.

F1-F2=Fnet

32N-37N= -5N to the left

if your teacher wants this value as a magnitude then your answer may need to be positive.

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