On a horizontal road, a small sedan is pulling a large station wagon that has ru

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On a horizontal road, a small sedan is pulling a large station wagon that has run out of gas.

Q: While the sedan is speeding up to highway speeds,

a. the sedan pulls harder on the station wagon than the station wagon pulls on the sedan; otherwise there would be no acceleration.
b. the station wagon always pulls just as hard on the sedan as the sedan pulls on the station wagon, no matter what the acceleration is.
c. it is not possible to know which car pulls harder on the other without knowing their masses

Explanation / Answer

the sedan pulls harder on the station wagon than the station wagon pulls on the sedan; otherwise there would be no acceleration

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