please explain cos i am mixed up and confused about resultant and net forces
2006-09-13 20:36:08 · 5 answers · asked by edwinvandesar 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
My guess is it's the same.
2006-09-13 21:25:57 · answer #1 · answered by helene_thygesen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I think you are right. They are the same. The net force on an object is the vector sum of all of the forces acting on it. But that is what is also called the resultant force. If you have a question that is asking for net or resultant force, the numerical answer you give would be the same in both cases, so I'm not clear what your difficulty has been. Do you have an example of such a question that you could post for us to see?
2016-03-27 00:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by Martha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Resultant forces... as the name suggest the answer itself. Resutant Forces is the sum of the resulted force that flying all over along x, y and z directions. In this case will be sqrt of (x^2 + y^2 + z^2 )
Net Forces is the summation of all force regardless the x, y or z dimension. However, usually it is only along one axis.
2006-09-13 20:45:01 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Logic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
resultant force is the force calculated using forces in all directions whereas net force is in only 1 direction
2006-09-13 20:38:22 · answer #4 · answered by sami1989 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
resultant force can replace all of the force. that is if we ommit all of force and only use resultant we get the same result.
2006-09-13 20:41:28 · answer #5 · answered by eshaghi_2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋