Example 1 · difficulty 1/5
When a person starts walking forward from rest on a level road without slipping, which interaction accelerates the person forward?
- A. The person pulls the ground forward, so the ground pulls the person backward
- B. The person's weight pushes the body forward
- C. The person pushes the ground backward, and the ground exerts forward static friction on the person
- D. The normal force of the ground acts horizontally forward