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Lesson: Chapter 9 — Resultant Force

9.1. The resultant of several forces 3 of 6

Question 3

In what direction must every force on a motor car be applied in order to push it?

The right answer is the one marked above.

In the direction it has to move. Only then do all the forces add together to make one larger force.

Applied in opposite directions they cancel each other. And saying direction does not matter contradicts the whole chapter — a resultant is a vector.

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