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A small 10kg car pushes a large 100 kg truck with a 500 N force. What is the force (in Newton) that the large truck pushes the small car

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Answer:

-500 N

Step-by-step explanation:

Newton's third law states that for every action there is an equal an opposite reaction. If the truck pushes 500N in the positive direction, the car will push back with the same force, 500N in the negative direction.

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