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Chapter 5, Problem 21E

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You push a heavy car by hand. The car, in turn, pushes back with an opposite but equal force on you. Doesn’t this mean that the forces cancel one another, making acceleration impossible? Why or why not?

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QUESTION:

You push a heavy car by hand. The car, in turn, pushes back with an opposite but equal force on you. Doesn’t this mean that the forces cancel one another, making acceleration impossible? Why or why not?

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Solution 21E

From the Newton’s third law we know that the action and reaction acts on different object. So, even though, the action and reaction are equal and opposite, they don’t cancel each other.

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