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What is Resultant force?
Resultant force is the overall force on a point on an object
Point
What does a resultant force do?
The overall effect of these forces will decide the motion of the object.
(whether it will accelerate, decelerate or stay at a steady speed)
Point on an object
What is a reaction force?
-The force of gravity is acting downwards
This caused a reaction force, from the surface pushing up on the object.
This is the only way it can be balanced.
- without a reaction force, it would accelerate downwards due to the pull of gravity.
Gravity
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