Physical Universe
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780077510534
Author: KRAUSKOPF
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Higher Education (us)
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Chapter 2, Problem 61E
Since the opposite forces of the third law of motion are equal in magnitude, how can anything ever be accelerated?
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