A Man Pushes Horizontally on the Book with Force

question 7

Multiple Choice

A man pushes horizontally on the book with force and moves it at constant speed along the table. Three "agents" exert forces on the book, shown as , , and in the second diagram, and three "agents" exert forces on the table, shown as , , and in the third diagram. The "action-reaction" forces of Newton's third law are

• A) and .
• B) and .
• C) and .
• D) and .
• E) and .

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