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When we try to push a very heavy box kept on the ground, it does not move at all. Which force is preventing this box to move forward? Where does this force act?

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When we try to push a very heavy box kept on the ground, it does not move at all because the weight of the box and frictional force acting due to roughness between the contact surfaces is preventing this box to move forward.

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