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When you lift a box off the ground, gravity opposes your lifting force. A.True B.False
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When you lift a box off the ground, gravity opposes your lifting force.
A.True
B.False

User Shanika Ediriweera
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That's true because every action has an equal and opposite reaction and weight is literally the force gravity has on an object.
User Quantme
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true. When you lift the box, you are doing work, but gravity is using force to push it back down towards the center of earth.
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