2) Define the term balanced force or state the
meaning of a balanced force
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If two individual forces are of equal magnitude and opposite direction, then the forces are said to be balanced. An object is said to be acted upon by an unbalanced force only when there is an individual force that is not being balanced by a force of equal magnitude and in the opposite direction.
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What are Balanced Forces?
A force is a push or pull on an object, measured in newtons (N). And if the forces are balanced, it means that in every direction, any pushes and pulls are balanced by another force in the opposite direction. So, for example, you could have an object like this one:
Balanced Forces
This box has balanced forces because it has two newtons pushing up balanced by two newtons pushing down, and five newtons left balanced by five newtons right. The forces in the x-direction are balanced, and the forces in the y-direction are balanced. If we did this in 3D, the forces in the z-direction would also have to be balanced.
But what do balanced forces mean? What's the difference between the motion of an object with balanced forces and an object with unbalanced forces?