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Name the forces acting on a plastic bucket containing water.


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Step1: Muscular force

  1. Muscular force is a type of contact force (any force which acts after contact).
  2. when any force is applied by muscles like arms or legs is known as muscular force.
  3. If you lift a brick from the ground, then your muscles do the necessary work for lifting it hence, here muscular force is applied by arms.

Step2: Gravitational force

  1. The gravitational pull of the earth is a type of attraction the earth exerts on an object or the object exerts on the earth.
  2. It always acts toward the earth's core.

Thus, the forces acting on the plastic bucket are muscular force and gravitational force.


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