Analysis of a deformable body and Newton's 3rd Law

  • #31
Paul Colby said:
The part where the forces on my bottom vanish, apparently.
The vertical surface doesn’t have a bottom?
 
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  • #32
Chestermiller said:
The vertical surface doesn’t have a bottom?
Who said I was slouching?
 

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