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title: "A skateboarder coasts to a stop on a flat sidewalk. The net force acting on the skateboarder must be ____."
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# A skateboarder coasts to a stop on a flat sidewalk. The net force acting on the skateboarder must be ____.

A skateboarder coasts to a stop on a flat sidewalk. The net force acting on the skateboarder must be ____.

- **A.** zero
- **B.** directed forward
- **C.** directed backward
- **D.** impossible to determine without more information

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