Asked by xochitl

in which situation is the magnitude of the total force greater than the magnitude of each of the individual forces?(1 point)
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Four people stand on each side of a large box. All four people push the box with the same amount of force.
Four people stand on each side of a large box. All four people push the box with the same amount of force.

Four people stand on each side of a large box. All four people pull the box with the same amount of force.
Four people stand on each side of a large box. All four people pull the box with the same amount of force.

Two people stand on the same side of a large box. One pushes, and the other pulls with the same amount of force.
Two people stand on the same side of a large box. One pushes, and the other pulls with the same amount of force.

Two people stand on opposite sides of a large box. One pushes, and the other pulls with the same amount of force.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Two people stand on the same side of the box. One pushes and the other pulls with the same amount of force.

Reason: those two forces act in the same direction so their magnitudes add (resultant = 2F), whereas in the other arrangements the forces cancel pairwise and the net is not greater than each individual force.