Balanced and Unbalanced Forces

unbalanced

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balanced

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The difference between an unbalanced force and a balanced force is that for every force to the right there should be the same amount of force on the left if not it is an unbalanced force. It goes the same way for forces going up and down. if there is 5n up and 10n down the force is 5n down and is unbalanced. But if it is 5n up and 5n down they cancel out each other and it equals 0.