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Two persons are applying forces on two opposite sides of a moving cart. The cart still moves with the same speed in the same direction. What do you infer about the magnitudes and direction of the forces applied?

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Solution

It is said that the cart still moves with the same speed in the same direction.
Therefore, both the forces are of equal magnitudes and applied in the opposite directions.

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