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Identify the forces acting on you when you are standing still. Explain why the forces do not cause you to move.

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When you are standing still, you are exerting gravitational force on the ground. The downward gravitational force is balanced by the normal reaction force acting upwards. Also, since you are not moving the resultant of all forces is zero. Since the resultant force is zero, then according to Newton's 1st law, there is no change in the state of rest.

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