JEE Main 2012 Physics question
This question has Statement 1 and Statement 2 . Of the four choices given after the Statements, choose the one that best describes the two Statements. Statement 1: If you push on a cart being pulled by a horse so that it does not move, the cart pushes you back with an equal and opposite force. Statement 2: The cart does not move because the force described in statement 1 cancel each other.
Answer: (3)
Solution
By Newton's third law the cart pushes back on you with an equal and opposite force (Statement 1 true). But action and reaction act on different bodies (you and the cart), so they can never cancel each other; the cart stays
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