When a horse pulls a cart,the force which is responsible for the movement of cart is
a) The force of horse on cart b) The force of ground on horse c) The force of the ground on cart d) The force of the horse on the ground

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Solution

When a horse pulls a cart,the force which is responsible for the movement of cart is "The force of the ground on Horse" :-
While pulling the cart, the horse pushes the ground with its foot, as a reaction, the ground exerts a force on the horse equal and opposite to applied force by Newton's third law making the horse with the cart move in the forward direction.

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When a horse exerts a force on cart , the cart exerts an equal and opposite force on the horse. Then how come the horse can manage to pull the cart ?

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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