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Is friction an unbalanced force yes or no?

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When the forces acting on an object are unbalanced, they do not cancel out one another. An unbalanced force acting on an object results in the object's motion changing. ... Friction is a force that resists the motion or the tendency toward motion between two objects in contact with each other.

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Answer: (Remember: a force is not needed to keep a moving object moving to the right.) ... Yet there is no force present to balance the force of friction. As the book moves to the right, friction acts to the left to slow the book down. There is an unbalanced force; and as such, the book changes its state of motion.

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