A car is moving towards North. What will be the direction of force of friction acting on this car due to surface of road?

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Solution

Always frictional force acts against motion.
Since the car is moving towards north,
Friction acts opposite to the motion of car ,i.e.,SOUTH.

[ACTUALLY,the frictional force acts northwards on the forewheels and southwards on the back wheels..]

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