Suppose the net force on this basketball is 2  N2  N. What can we say about the individual forces acting on it?

If the net force on the basketball is 2N, it means that the sum of all individual forces acting on the basketball equals 2N. This could be the result of several scenarios:

1. There could be two forces of 1N each acting in the same direction.
2. There could be a force of 3N acting in one direction and a force of 1N acting in the opposite direction.
3. There could be multiple forces acting in different directions such that their vector sum equals 2N.

Without more specific information about the direction and magnitude of the individual forces, we can't say anything more specific. However, we can say that the motion of the basketball will be in the direction of the net force, and its acceleration can be calculated by dividing the net force by the mass of the basketball (according to Newton's second law of motion).