A freight train consists of an engine and several identical cars on level ground. Determine whether each

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A freight train consists of an engine and several identical cars on level ground. Determine whether each of these statements is correct or incorrect and explain why.
(a) If the train is moving at constant speed, the engine must be pulling with a force greater than the train's weight.
(b) If the train is moving at constant speed, the engine's pull on the first car must exceed that car's backward pull on the engine.
(c) If the train is coasting, its inertia makes it slow down and eventually stop.
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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