Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Forces

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written by Gary Gladding
published by the University of llinois Physics Education Research Group

This interactive homework problem presents an object with three forces acting on it. Learners must find the magnitude of the net force with the information given. The author provides explicit help with correct placement of the vectors to calculate net force, then leads them interactively through the calculations without spoon-feeding. Immediate feedback is received for both correct and incorrect responses. This resource is part of a larger collection of interactive homework problems for introductory physics. See Related Materials for a link to the full collection.

https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/ie_...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Newton's Second Law = Force, Acceleration Education Practices - Active Learning = Problem Solving Mathematical Tools - Vector Algebra	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Activity = Best practice = Tutorial

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Intended User:: Learner
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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2006 University of Illinois Physics Education Research Group
Keywords:: forces, free-body diagram, homework problems, interactive homework, net force, problem solving, vector addition, vectors
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created January 28, 2008 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: February 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 30, 2014
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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.

Topic: Dynamics: Forces and Motion
Unit Title: Newton's Second Law & Net Force

This interactive homework problem presents an object with 3 forces acting on it. Learners must find the magnitude of the net force with the information given. The author provides explicit help with correct placement of the vectors to calculate net force, then leads them interactively through the calculations. Immediate feedback is received for both correct and incorrect responses. This problem incorporates principles of PER (Physics Education Research).

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=6401">Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Forces. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, August 30, 2014.</a>

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G. Gladding, (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), WWW Document, (https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/ie_forces).

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G. Gladding, Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Forces (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/ie_forces>.

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Gladding, G. (2014, August 30). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Forces. Retrieved March 26, 2025, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/ie_forces

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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Forces. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, August 30, 2014. https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/ie_forces (accessed 26 March 2025).

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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Forces. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2006. 30 Aug. 2014. 26 Mar. 2025 <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys111/ie/03/ie_forces>.

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