Two teams pull on a rope in a tug of war. Team A pulls the rope with a horizontal force of 620 N to the left. Team B pulls the rope with a horizontal force of 580 N to the right.
Describe what is meant by the resultant force on an object.
Calculate the resultant horizontal force on the rope. Give the direction of the resultant force.
Team B now pulls the rope with a horizontal force of 620 N. Give the resultant horizontal force on the rope.
Force is a vector quantity. Explain why the direction of each pull must be known before the resultant force can be found.
40 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Physics 5.1 Forces and their interactions, covering 5.1.1 Scalar and vector quantities, 5.1.2 Contact and non-contact forces, 5.1.3 Gravity, and 5.1.4 Resultant forces. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.