Two children fight over a toy. One pulls with a force of 8N to the right. The other pulls with
a force of 6N to the left. What is the strength and direction of the net force on the toy?
Forces are either positive or negative vectors, depending on the direction in which the force is acting. The net force is the sum of all of the forces acting on an object. If the children pull on the toy with the same force in opposite directions, the forces will be perfectly balanced and cancel out, leaving a net force of zero.
