Question

3. From problem 2, suppose another boy, Boy C pulls the heavy cabinet with 5 N
of force in the same direction with Boy A,
a. What will be the net force on the cabinet?
b. Will the cabinet move?
c. In what direction will the cabinet move?​

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

As you can see the boys are pulling in the same direction. This means that we have an example of an unbalanced force, also called the resulting force, since the forces are not canceling out. This whole situation will have a result which is to create an unbalanced net force to move the object or keep it in repayment and that is what we will discover.

First, let's find out what force the two boys exerted. This is very simple, we only need to add the force exerted by the two. 5N + 5N = 10N

The cabinet will be able to move if the force exerted by the two boys (10N) manages to overcome the resistance and the force exerted by the cabinet itself. If they manage to overcome the resistance of the cabinet, the cabinet will move towards the force applied by the boys.