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# You are pushing a heavy box across a rough floor. When you are initially pushing the box and it is accelerating,

You are pushing a heavy box across a rough floor. When you are initially pushing the box and it is accelerating,

- **A.** you exert a force on the box, but the box does not exert a force on you.
- **B.** the box is so heavy it exerts a force on you, but you do not exert a force on the box.
- **C.** the force you exert on the box is greater than the force of the box pushing back on you.
- **D.** the force you exert on the box is equal to the force of the box pushing back on you.
- **E.** the force that the box exerts on you is greater than the force you exert on the box.

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