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Thanks guys, i think i get it now. Really appreciate the help!

Thanks both of you. Im a bit confused now: But this bone would be exerting force outwards right? Am I right to say that there is no energy conversion going on here, but there is still a force being exerted outwards? I've heard that some energy is converted to kinetic energy within muscles...

If I'm trapped between 2 walls, and I am pushing outwards such that I just balance the force, I am not doing work on the walls but I'm getting tired. This is because chemical potential energy is converted into... kinetic energy (within muscles?) and heat energy right? What if I replace the...

Awesome, thank you!

Cool, thank you! Hope you don’t mind if I wait around for a second opinion before marking it as solved!

Hmm so would it be conceptually accurate to phrase the problem this way: Force 1: force of magnet on conductor (downwards) Force 2: force of conductor on magnet (upwards) ?

Homework Statement It is clear that SOMETHING exerts a force on the conducting wire in a downwards direction. By Newton's 3rd law, the (field of) this conducting wire also exerts a force on something. Homework Equations Could the magnet be said to move upwards (and hence reading decrease)...