Question

A father (A) and his seventeen year old son (B) are facing each other on ice skates. A has more mass than B. They push off against one another with their hands. Regarding the forces that act on them as a result of this and the accelerations they experience,​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The normal forces between the father and son constitute an action-reaction pair. Therefore they are equal.

But since the mass of father is greater compared to son, the acceleration of father is lesser than the son.

Acceleration of son : a

son

:

m

F

Acceleration of father : a

father

:

M

F

As ma

son

>a

father

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