A box is pushed across a rough horizontal floor by a force acting parallel to the floor in the direction of motion. A force doing negative work on the body is

A. friction.
B. gravity.
C. the applied force.
D. the normal reaction force of the floor upward on the body.
E. a fictitious force.


Answer: A

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