P8.3 Resultant forces

Question 1

What is the resultant force?

Answer 1

This is a single force that has the same effect as all the forces acting on the object?

Question 2

What happens if the resultant force is 0?

Answer 2

We say that the forces acting on the object are balanced

Question 3

What is Newton’s first law of motion?

Answer 3

States that if the forces acting on an object are balanced the resultant force on the object is zero and:
if the object is at rest it stays stationary
If the object is moving it keeps moving at the same speed and in the same direction