Your friend says that the heavyweight champion of the world cannot exert a force of 50 N on a piece of tissue paper with his best punch. The tissue paper is held in midair, no wall, no tricks. You

A) agree that it can't be done.
B) have reservations about this assertion.
C) disagree, for a good punch easily delivers this much force.


A

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