A horse tied to a cart is standing stationary on road. Which of the following statement is CORRECT?

Horse is applying force on the cart

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Cart is applying force on the horse

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Force applied by the horse is balanced by the force applied by the cart

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No forward force is being applied by the horse or the cart

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Solution

The correct option is D No forward force is being applied by the horse or the cart
The horse tied to cart is standing stationary on road denotes that the net force acting on the horse as well as the cart individually is zero. If it is standing stationary, it means that horse is applying force on the road perpendicularly and road is also applying same magnitude of force in the opposite direction, which makes the net force on horse to be zero and hence no forward force on the horse is there.

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Which of these statements are true?

(A) The horse applies a force on the cart and the cart pulls the horse back with a force equal and opposite in direction.

(B) The horse applies a force on the cart and the cart applies a force on the ground.

(D) The two forces in option A are acting on two different bodies and don’t cancel each other.

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