When multiple forces act on a particle at the same time, what can be done to simplify their effect?

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24 Jan 2019
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When several forces act concurrently on a particle, their combined effect can always be represented by a single resultant force. This simplifies the analysis by reducing multiple forces to one equivalent force acting on the particle.

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