Part II: Newton's Third Law, Contact Forces

Force of green on red =  N           Force of red on green = N

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This animation shows graphs of position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time for a 2-kg red block (not shown to scale) pushed by a 12-N force on a frictionless horizontal surface (position is given in meters and time is given in seconds)Restart.  The red block is in contact with (and therefore pushes on) the green 1-kg block (also not shown to scale).  Click here to show and play the physical situation

Original exercise: Illustration 4.6, Physlet Physics
Original exercise credits: Illustration authored by Anne J. Cox and Mario Belloni.
Script authored by Anne J. Cox.
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