Q19 of 124 Page 74

If action is always equal to reaction, explain why a cart pulled by a horse can be moved.

When horse is moving forward it applies a backward effort towards the ground, meaning that when the horse push the ground backwards from his feet then the ground also exerts a forward push on the horse. That is why the horse moves and so the cart along with it.


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