JEE Main 2012 — Laws of Motion Question with Solution
JEE Main 2012 (26 May Online)
Question
This question has Statement 1 and Statement 2 . Of the four choices given after the Statements, choose the one that best describes the two Statements.
Statement 1: If you push on a cart being pulled by a horse so that it does not move, the cart pushes you back with an equal and opposite force.
Statement 2: The cart does not move because the force described in statement 1 cancel each other.
Choose an option
Show full solutionCorrect option: A
Correct answer
AStatement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true, Statement 2 is the correct explanation of Statement 1.
Step-by-step explanation
According to newton third law of motion i.e. every action is associated with equal and opposite reaction.
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