A Box Is Pushed Across a Rough Horizontal Floor by a Force

question 27

Multiple Choice

A box is pushed across a rough horizontal floor by a force acting parallel to the floor in the direction of motion. A force doing negative work on the body is

• A) gravity.
• B) the applied force.
• C) friction.
• D) the normal reaction force of the floor upward on the body.
• E) a fictitious force.

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