Two of your friends were applying force to move the big box as shown in the figure. Friend A is trying to push the box and friend B is trying to pull the box. Where will the body of friend B move?

Friend B will move towards the box initially and then away from the box.

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Friend B will move away from the box.

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Friend B will move towards the box.

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Friend B will not move.

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Solution

The correct option is C Friend B will move towards the box.
When a body moves closer to us on the application of force, then such a force is called force of pull. Friend A is trying to push the box where the body moves away from him. Friend B is applying force to pull the box where the body moves towards him. In both push and pull of the box, force is associated with it which causes motion of the body.

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