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A glass is sitting on a table and does not move. Explain

the forces acting on the glass that does not allow it to move.
Use "net force" in your explanation.

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Step-by-step explanation:

For a stationery object on a surface, two forces are acting on the body, the weight of the object acts downward, and the reaction force of the table acts upward, thus following Newton's third law of motion. Also, since it's stationary, the net force is equal to zero

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