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A tractor drives down highway 71 at a steady 12 km/hr. A Subaru WRX passes it at a steady 96 km/hr (possibly with a police car following it). Which vehicle has the smallest net force on it? (assume that
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A tractor drives down highway 71 at a steady 12 km/hr. A Subaru WRX passes it at a steady 96 km/hr (possibly with a police car following it). Which vehicle has the smallest net force on it? (assume that the road at this point is both level and straight)

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Answer:

neither one has a net force on it

Step-by-step explanation:

Both vehicles are moving at steady velocity hence the acceleration zero.

since acceleration is zero , the net force on it is zero. therefore neither one has a net force on it

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