Physics GCSE
resultant
What resultant means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: AQA
What forces combine to give; along a straight line, forces pointing the same way add and forces pointing opposite ways subtract.
What is found by vector addition when arrows are not equal and opposite; it is zero when forces balance.
Topics that use resultant
- Contact and non-contact forces (AQA GCSE)
- Newton's laws (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- friction
- normal contact force
- acting on different objects
- attraction and repulsion
- balanced forces
- changing direction
- Circular motion
- constant velocity
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