Laws of Motion

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Question 54 of 210

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.

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Answer: (A) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true, Statement 2 is the correct explanation of Statement 1.

According to newton third law of motion i.e. every action is associated with equal and opposite reaction.

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