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Chapter 4, Problem 19CQ
An American football lineman reasons that it is senseless to try to out-push the opposing player, since no matter how hard he pushes he will an equal and opposite force from the other player. Use Newton’s laws and draw a free-body diagram of an appropriate system to explain how he can still-push the opposition if he is strong enough.
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