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Your physics book is at rest on a table as shown, there’s a weight force and a normal force acting on the book.
What is the “agent” which exerts the weight force?
What is the “agent” which exerts the normal force?
A. |
the table |
B. |
the normal force |
C. |
the weight force |
D. |
the earth |
E. |
the book |
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