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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.
Options
Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true, Statement 2 is the correct explanation of Statement 1.
Statement 1 is false, Statement 2 is true.
Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false.
Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true, Statement 2 is not the correct explanation of Statement 1.
Solution
Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is false.
Explanation:
If you push a cart with some force, Newton's third law states that the cart will exert an equal and opposite force on you. As a result, the trolley pushes you in the opposite direction with the same amount of force. As a result, Statement 1 is correct. Because action and reaction forces act on different bodies, the action and reaction pairs mentioned in statement one cannot cancel each other out. As a result, they cannot cancel each other out. As a result, Statement 2 is incorrect.
