College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 7CQ
A box of mass m1 is stacked on top of a second box of mass m2. You push on the bottom box with a horizontal force and both boxes slide across a frictionless horizontal table. (a) In which direction does the force exerted by the first box on the second box point? (b) In which direction does the force exerted by the second box on the first box point?
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