While carrying a heavy box up the stairs, you set the box on a step and rest. then you pick up the box and carry it to the top of the stairs. describe these actions in terms of balanced and unbalanced forces acting on the box.

When the box is on a step and in a resting position then in this situation, the forces acting on the box is said to be balanced forces. While carrying the box to the top of the stair then the forces acting on it will be unbalanced forces.

Explanation:

When the box is on a step and in a resting position then the forces acting on the box are acting in an equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. Therefore, these forces are balanced forces.

While carrying the box to the top of the stair then the forces acting on it will be unbalanced forces because the box is changing its state. There is an unbalanced force which opposes the motion of the box.