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According to the third law of motion, when we push on an object, the object pushes back on us with an equal and opposite force. If the object is a massive truck parked along the roadside, it will probably not move. A student justifies this by answering that the two opposite and equal forces cancel each other. Comment on this logic and explain why the truck does not move.

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The logic put forth by student is not correct. The forces of action and reaction never cancle as they act always on two different bodies. Infact, as the truck is heavy, the force of friction opposing the motion of truck is very large. It is much more than the push we apply. That is why the truck fails to move.
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