Question

8. You and your little brother are arguing over a sweater. If you pull

Answer 1

Answer:

The sweater will move towards you with a force of 35 N

Explanation:

In this problem, we have two forces acting on the sweater:

- A force of 65 N towards you

- A force of 30 N acting towards your brother

We can choose the direction "towards you" as positive, so that we can write the two forces as follows

$F_1 = +65 N\\F_2 = -30 N$

Therefore, the net force acting on the sweater will be

$F=F_1 + F_2 = +65 +(-30) = +35 N$

And the positive sign (+) indicates that the  direction of the net force is towards you, so the sweater will move towards your direction.