Classify Frictional force as contact or non-contact force.

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Frictional force: Frictional force is a contact force because it’s role comes into play only when there is a relative motion or tendency of relative motion between two objects that are in contact. e.g. A man pushing an object. Hence, frictional force is a contact force.

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