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Re: Name that force



Forum for Physics Educators <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu> writes:
What is a
good name for a force responsible for the
change in speed?

It is part of the action reaction pair that the train applies to the rain
to start the water moving in a horizontal direction. Thus the rain pushes
back. I call it the rain-on-train force; Fsub(rt)

Ken Fox