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PLEASE HELP!!!!

A person pushes attempts to push a couch with a 25 N force. The couch, however, doesn't move. What is the static friction force acting on the couch? *
A. 25 N
B. 0 N
C. 50 N
D. There is no static friction the ONLY force acting on the couch is the push

PLEASE HELP!!!! A person pushes attempts to push a couch with a 25 N force. The couch-example-1
User Eqb
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Static friction cancels out the force of the push, so it also has a magnitude of 25 N.

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