A student pushes a 200kg mass with a force of 10N but the mass does not move.What force does the mass exert on the student? *Any particular formula used to calculate this ?

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Nam D.
Feb 18, 2018

I would say #10"N"#.

Explanation:

We need to use Newton's third law of motion, which states that

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

So, since we have applied #"10N"# on the box, the box will also "apply" or exert #"10N"# back on us.

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