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. Name the force acting on a plastic bucket containing water held above ground level in your hands, Discuss why the forces on the bucket do not bring a change in its state of motion.

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The force which acts on the bucket is called as the force of gravity.It acts on the centre of mass of the bucket.
The force does not change the state of the motion of the bucket as we are holding the bucket hence we are exerting an equal and opposite force upwards hence net force acting on the bucket is 0

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