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Is it possible, for a person sitting inside a car at rest, to make the car move by pushing it from inside?

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The described push is an internal force, acting only inside the car. For causing the motion of the car on the road. No external force has been applied. By Newton.s first law of motion. In the absence of an external force, the car remains at rest.
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