If the forces are balanced what is the resulting acceleration

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There is no acceleration when an object has balanced forces on it. It either moves at a constant velocity or doesn't move at all

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How can one object affect the motion of another without touching it?

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By non-contact forces (e.g. gravitational force and electric force)

Explanation:

In order for an object to exert a force on another object, the two object can also be not touching each other. In fact, there exist some non-contact forces in nature.

Concerning macroscopic objects, the two main non-contact forces acting between objects are:

- The gravitational force: this force is exerted between every object that has mass. It is always attractive, and its magnitude is given by

$F=G\frac{m_1 m_2}{r^2}$

where

$G=6.67\cdot 10^{-11} m^3 kg^{-1}s^{-2}$ is the gravitational constant

m1, m2 are the masses of the two objects

r is the separation between them

- The electric force: this force is exerted between objects that have electric charge. It can be either attractive or repulsive, and its magnitude is given by

$F=k\frac{q_1 q_2}{r^2}$