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Why does a car move forward while traveling on a road, even though its wheels are equipped to spin backwards?

Why does a car move forward while traveling on a road, even though its wheels are equipped to spin backwards?
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Why does a car move forward while traveling on a road, even though its wheels are equipped to spin backwards?

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When the wheels spin backwards, the car moves backwards. When the wheels spin forward, the car moves forward.
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Because the car has more mass than the wheel spinning backwards
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