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What is a force?
An interaction between TWO objects.
For example, pushes and pulls are forces.
We must be careful to think about a force as
acting on one object
from (or due to ) another object.
Adding Forces
Forces are vectors (They have both magnitude and
direction) and so add as follows:
In one dimension, note direction using a + or sign
then add like scalar quantities (regular numbers with
no direction associated with them)
Examples:
+3 N
+3 N
+3 N
=
-3 N
0N
+6 N
F ma,
F
a
m