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Question
Identify the agent exerting the force, the object on which the force is acting and the effect of the force in the following situation
A child jumping to a height.
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Solution
Agent exerting the force is the child himself (muscle of the child). The object on which the force is acting is the child himself. The force is moving the child from a stationary object.
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