Question 5
One child pushes an object on a table in one direction with a force of 5 N while another child pulls it in the same direction with a force of 7 N. What is the resultant of the two forces?
The right answer is the one marked above.
12 N. One is a push and the other a pull, but both act in the same direction — so 5 N + 7 N = 12 N.
The trap here is letting the words "push" and "pull" suggest the forces oppose each other and writing 7 − 5 = 2 N. It is the direction that decides, not the word.