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|[[File:PictureForceNumberLineVertical.png|center|200px]]|style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |If the 'up' direction is chosen to be [[Positive (Number)|positive]] then any [[vector]] pointing 'up' has a [[File:Picture.pngPositive (Number)|centerpositive]] [[magnitude]] and any [[vector]] pointing 'down' has a [[Negative (Number)|200pxnegative]] [[magnitude]]. In this [[diagram]] the green [[vector]] has a [[magnitude]] of +2 while the red [[vector]] has a [[magnitude]] of -4. If the number lines represent the number of [[Newton]]s [[force]] then the [[Resultant Force]] is the two [[magnitude]]s added together. F<sub>Resultant</sub> = (+2N) + (-4N) F<sub>Resultant</sub> = -2N upwards|} {| class="wikitable"
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F<sub>Resultant</sub> = (+3N) + (-2N)
F<sub>Resultant</sub> = 1N to the right
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====Forces on a Free Body Diagram====