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  If action is always equal to the reaction, explain how a horse can pull a cart.

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For motion, horse applies force on the ground and thus the frictional force of the ground pushes the horse forward (action-reaction pair). Thus horse applies force on the cart and cart applies backward force on the horse but due to unbalanced force, the horse moves in the forward direction.

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