According to a legend, a horse learned Newton's laws. When the horse was told to pull a cart, it refused, saying that if it pulled the cart forward, according to Newton's 3rd law there would be an equal force backwards. Thus, there would be balanced forces, and, according to Newton's 2nd law, the cart wouldn't accelerate. How would you reason with this horse??
--- i understand u all hate giving out answers,, I don't want u to ... (if u dont want to lol) but can someone explain this question to me??? what does it mean and what should i be focusing on ????
2006-11-08 11:57:16 · 1 answers · asked by Sheyna 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
It's the ground that is being pushed 'back'. Since the ground is part of the earth, there doesn't seem to any reaction to the action of the horse pulling the cart.
I'd just tell the horse that there is no reason to feed it, because in a few hours the horse would just be hungry again.
2006-11-08 21:41:20 · answer #1 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋