Question

A woman is rearranging her furniture set in the living room she pushed the sofa with 62 N of force to the left side. There is a force of friction acting on the sofa 12.3 N what is the net force acting on the sofa

Answer 1

Given:

A woman is rearranging her furniture set in the living room she pushed the sofa with 62 N of force to the left side. There is a force of friction acting on the sofa 12.3 N

To find:

Net force acting on the SOFA.

Calculation:

Friction is a dissipative force which always tries to prevent relative motion between two surfaces. In this case , friction will provide force opposite to the direction of applied force.

Let net force be F ;

$\therefore \: \sf{F = F_{applied} - friction}$

$= > \: \sf{F = 62 - 12.3}$

$= > \: \sf{F = 49.7 \: newton}$

The net force will be directed towards left side.

So, final answer is:

$\boxed{\: \sf{F = 49.7 \: newton \: towards \: left}}$