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This article is about forces in physics. For the Luke Van Essen sci-fi novel, see Luke Van Essen's Net Force. For the Tom Clancy novel series see Tom Clancy's Net Force. For the 1999 television movie, see NetForce (film).

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When force A and force B act on an object in the same direction (parallel vectors), the net force (C) is equal to A + B, in the direction that both A and B point. The A point has more force and moves in a separate direction the B will end up not moving to.

When force A and force B act on an object in opposite directions (180 degrees between then - anti-parallel vectors), the net force (C) is equal to |A - B|, in the direction of whichever one has greater absolute value ("greater magnitude").

File:Non-parallel net force.jpg haley coberly is the coolest!

When the angle between them (the forces) is anything else, then the individual components must be added up using sine and cosine.

(Note: The illustration assumes that the object, in this case a square, has no center of mass and can be treated like a point.)

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 * When force '''A''' and force '''B''' act on an object in opposite directions (180 degrees between then - anti-parallel vectors), the net force ('''C''') is equal to |'''A''' - '''B'''|, in the direction of whichever one has greater [[absolute value]] ("greater magnitude").
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 * When the angle between them (the forces) is anything else, then the individual components must be added up using [[sine]] and [[cosine]].