Question

What is meant by the resultant force?

Answer 1

when two or more forces act in the same order then their resultant is given by the force taken in opposite order

Answer 2

The resultant force. An object may have several different forces acting on it, which can have different strengths and directions. But they can be added together to give the resultant force. This is a single force that has the same effect on the object as all the individual forces acting together.