College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 4, Problem 6MCP
A person pushes horizontally with constant force P on a 250 N box resting on a frictionless horizontal floor. Which of the following statements about this box is correct?
- A. The box will accelerate no matter how small P is.
- B. The box will not accelerate unless P > 250 N.
- C. The box will move with constant velocity because P is constant.
- D. Once the box is set moving, it will come to rest after P is removed.
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