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Debbie places two shopping carts in a cart corral. She pushes the first cart, which then pushes a second cart. What force is being exerted?Debbie exerts force on the first shopping cart. The first cart exerts force on the second cart.

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Debbie places two shopping carts in a cart corral. She pushes the first cart, which then pushes a second cart. What force is being exerted?Debbie exerts force on the first shopping cart. The first cart exerts force on the second cart.

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The force being exerted in this scenario is known as the "applied force." This is the force that Debbie applies to the first shopping cart. When she pushes the first cart, it then applies a force to the second cart. This is known as the "action-reaction force pair," which is a concept from Newton's third law of motion. This law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So, the force exerted by Debbie on the first cart is equal to the force that the first cart exerts on the second cart.

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