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Name the forces acting on a plastic bucket containing water held above ground level in your hand. Discuss why the forces acting on the bucket do not bring a change in its state of motion.

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5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years ago
Dear Student

The forces that act on the bucket are as follows:-
(i) The pressure of water contained in it, exerted on its wall and on base of the bucket.
(ii) Force of gravity by earth.
(iii) The water is contained in a bucket and the pressure of force is exerted on the wall of the bucket, which is sufficient to take it as a force.
As the bucket is held in my hand, so I overcome the force of gravity of the earth. That is why these forces do not bring a change in the state of motion.

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