Given our understanding of the laws of physics, we can confirm that the Net force affecting the running back (ignoring gravity and its complementary force) is that of 500N and balanced.
In physics, we can say that the net forces being applied to an object are balanced when the forces are
- Equal in size
- Applied in opposite directions
- Applied at the same time.
The question states that the running back collides with two members of the opposing team at the same time. This, coupled with the fact that the opposing team members are described to arrive on exactly opposite sides, we can say that the forces being applied to the running back are indeed balanced.
Furthermore, since the forces are 250N in size each, we can confirm that the net force applied to the running back is 500N. To this, we would normally add the force of gravity, however, in order to do this, we would need the weight of the running back, that is, data that is not provided.
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