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Two students are pushing a cart, as shown below.

wo individuals are depicted pushing a wheeled cart along a horizontal surface, but from opposite sides.
One person, on the left of the image, is pushing the cart to the right with a force of 200 Newtons (N), as indicated by a vector arrow beneath them.
The second person, on the right side of the image, is pushing the cart to the left with a force of 150 N, indicated by a vector arrow beneath them.
The image presents a scenario where the forces are unbalanced because one person pushes with a greater magnitude of force than the other.

What is the net force acting on the cart?

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200 N to the left
200 N to the left

350 N to the right
350 N to the right

350 N to the left
350 N to the left

150 N to the left
150 N to the left

50 N to the left
50 N to the left

200 N to the right
200 N to the right

150 N to the right
150 N to the right

50 N to the right
50 N to the right
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Net force = 200 N (right) − 150 N (left) = 50 N to the right.

Answer: 50 N to the right.