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ISBN: 9780321625922

Author: Douglas C. Giancoli

Publisher: Addison-Wesley

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The horse pulls the cart and the cart pulls the horse in response as per Newton third law. So the big question is, “Don’t the two forces cancel each other? How does the cart accelerate?”

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Chapter 4, Problem 9Q

A stone hangs by a fine thread from the ceiling, and a section of the same thread dangles from the bottom of the stone (Fig. 4-36). If a person gives a sharp pull on the dangling thread, where is the thread likely to break: below the stone or above it? What if the person gives a slow and steady pull? Explain your answers.

Chapter 4, Problem 9Q, A stone hangs by a fine thread from the ceiling, and a section of the same thread dangles from the

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