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)

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Responses

20 m/s2
20 m/s2

-20 N
-20 N

120 N
120 N

20 N

Answer 1

The net force of the system is the sum of the individual forces. In this case, we have:

Cue ball force = -70 N (to the left)
Four ball force = 50 N (to the right)

To find the net force, we simply add these two forces together:

Net force = -70 N + 50 N
Net force = -20 N

Therefore, the net force of this system is -20 N.