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Adding Forces Worksheet

- Adding Forces in the Same Line


Q1: An object experiences a force of 30 N to the left and a force of 10 N to the right. Determine the
resultant force. Resultant Force: ______ N. Show your working out:
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Q2: A box is pushed with a force of 12 N to the right and pulled with a force of 4 N to the left. What is the
resultant force acting on the box? Magnitude: ______ N. Direction: ____________ . Show your working
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- Adding Perpendicular Forces


Q1: Two forces act on an object, the first has a magnitude of 7 N and acts to the south, and the second one
is 24 N acting towards the west. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the resultant force.
Magnitude: ______ N. Direction: ____________ . Show your working out:
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Q2: An object experiences forces of 20 N north and 15 N east. What is the magnitude and direction of the
resultant force? Magnitude: ______ N. Direction: ____________ . Show your working out:
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Q3: A cart is pushed with a force of 10 N to the east and pulled with a force of 15 N to the north. What is
the resultant force's magnitude and direction? Magnitude: ______ N. Direction: ____________ . Show
your working out:
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Q4: An object is subject to a force of 9 N to the north and 12 N to the east. Calculate the resultant force.
Magnitude: ______ N. Direction: ____________ . Show your working out:
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Q5: A force of 15 N downward and 20 N to the right are applied to an object. Find the resultant force's
magnitude and direction. Magnitude: ______ N. Direction: ____________ . Show your working out:
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- Adding non-perpendicular forces


To add two non-perpendicular forces, we can use the parallelogram rule. This involves the following steps:
1. Draw the Forces: Represent each force as an arrow, with the
length proportional to the magnitude (e.g, if the force is 10N, draw it
to scale, as 10cm), and the direction indicating the direction of the
force (use a protractor to draw the angle between them correctly).
2. Complete the Parallelogram: From the tail of one force arrow,
draw a line parallel to the second force arrow. Then, from the
head of the first arrow, draw a line parallel to the first force. This
creates a parallelogram.
3. Draw the Resultant Force: The diagonal of the parallelogram,
drawn from the tail of the first force to the head of the second
force, represents the resultant force.

Example:
A force F₁ of 20 N acts at an angle of 45° to the horizontal, while a second force F₂ of 25 N acts at an angle
of 120° to the horizontal. Use the parallelogram rule to find the magnitude of the resultant force R.
Answer:

Q1: A force F₁ of 40 N acts at an angle of 30° to the horizontal, while a second force F₂ of 55 N acts at an
angle of 145° to the horizontal. Use the parallelogram rule to find the magnitude of the resultant force R.

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