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What forces keep balanced rock in a canyon in Idaho balanced on it'so tiny pedestal

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*The forces acting on the rock combine, and the rock does not move.

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a balanced force mainly because the weight of the rock and the pull of gravity would be pulling in opposite direction causing it to stay at rest in one spot.
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