A 1200kg car pushes a 2100 kg truck that has a dead battery to the right. When t

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A 1200kg car pushes a 2100 kg truck that has a dead battery to the right. When the driver steps on the accelerator, the drive wheels of the car push against the ground with a force of 4500 N . What is the magnitude of the force the car applies to the truck?

Part C
Now, draw a free-body diagram for the car.
*If you cannot dram or paste an image of the free body diagram, please just give me a detailed description of the appropriate vectors. Draw the vectors starting from the black dot. The location and orientation of the vectors will be graded. The length of the vectors will not be graded.

Part D
Draw a free-body diagram for the truck.
Draw the vectors starting from the black dot. The location and orientation of the vectors will be graded. The length of the vectors will not be graded.
If you cannot draw or paste an image please just give me a detailed description of the vectors I would need to draw.

Explanation / Answer

From newtons third law the force on the car by the ground will be 4500 N and the same force is acting on the truck so force on truck = 4500 N Free body diagram of the car will be like weight of the car down, Force backwards due to the reaction force by the truck 4500 N. Force forward due to reaction force from the ground 4500 N. Free body diagram of truck weight downwards, Force forward due to force applied by the car.

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