During a game of pool, a cue ball travels to the left with 70 N of force and collides with the four ball moving with a force of 50 N to the right. If you assign a negative value to the force moving to the right, what is the net force of this system?(1 point)

Responses

-20 N
-20 N

20 m/s2
20 m/s2

120 N
120 N

20 N

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
6 hours ago

To calculate the net force, you assign values to the forces based on their directions. In this case, you have:

  • Force of the cue ball moving to the left: +70 N (positive because we assigned left as positive)
  • Force of the four ball moving to the right: -50 N (negative because we assigned right as negative)

Now, you can calculate the net force:

Net Force = (Force of cue ball) + (Force of four ball)
Net Force = 70 N + (-50 N)
Net Force = 70 N - 50 N
Net Force = 20 N

So, the net force of this system is 20 N.