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The Forces on a Stationary Car.
What are the Forces on a Stationary Car?
The forces on a stationary
car are shown below.
The weight of
the car is the force pushing
downward on the road.
Newton's third law of motion tells us that the
weight of the car
is opposed
by an equal and opposite force
pushing upward
from the road. The opposing force
is called the reactive
force.
The forces are balanced and Newton's
first law of motion
says that an object that is not
moving will remain stationary.
There are no other forces acting on the car.
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