John and daniel are playing tug-of-war together. john is exerting 10 n of force. daniel is exerting 12 n of force. what is their net force?

2 n in daniel's direction.

2N in Daniel's direction.

Explanation:

Since, both of them are playing a game of tug and war, the resultant(net) force consists of opposing forces.

Net force= 12N-10N = 2N

And the net force is in Daniel's direction because Daniel exerted greater force.

see the picture for the vector

the magnitude of the vector by pythagorean theorem

r = √( (-10)^2 + (3)^2 ) = √109

magnitude = √109 units

the direction angle between vector and x-axis is

tan^(-1)(3/10) = 16.699

so the direction is approximately 16.7 degrees north of west