How to Calculate Force of a Moving Object
What is the formula to calculate the total force acting on an object?
Given the data, what is the total force acting on the wagon?
Formula to Calculate Total Force:
The formula to calculate the total force acting on an object is to add up all the individual forces acting on the object. In this case, we have a boy pulling a wagon with a force of 5N and a girl pushing the same wagon with a force of 3N.
In order to find the total force acting on the wagon, we simply add the forces together:
Total Force = Force of Boy + Force of Girl
Total Force = 5N + 3N
Total Force = 8N
Therefore, the total force acting on the wagon is 8N when the boy is pulling with a force of 5N and the girl is pushing with a force of 3N.