You and I pull with a northward force of 200N on a 10kg box.
The resultant force =200+200=400N North
You pull with a northward force of 200N on one end of the box, and I pull with
a southward force of 200N on the other end of the box.
The resultant force =+200+−200=0N
The box does not move, because the 2 forces are in opposite directions.