College Physics
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Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 3, Problem 8RQ
Review Question 3.8 Is the following sentence true? When you hold a heavy object in your hands, you exert the same magnitude force on the object as the object exerts on you but in the opposite direction, and because these forces add to zero, the object stays at rest.
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