Question

Distinguish between:
(a) balanced and unbalanced
force.​

Answer 1

Answer:

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.

Answer 2

Answer:

Forces have a magnitude (strength) and a direction. Balanced forces will cause no change in the speed of an object. ... Balanced forces acting on an object in opposite directions and equal in strength, as shown in the arrows below, do not cause a change in the speed of a moving object