For example in free fall, the net force on an object equals its weight - the one force pulling on it. If two forces act on an object in opposite directions and they don't exactly cancel, what is left over is the net force (the difference in the forces).
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For example in free fall, the net force on an object equals its weight - the one force pulling on it. If two forces act on an object in opposite directions and they don't exactly cancel, what is left over is the net force (the difference in the forces).