Posted by Betsy on Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 1:48pm.
The net force ON the wagon is the force exerted by the child on the handle (minus the drag of the wheels and any air friction but that is not mentioned here).
Forces exerted BY the wagon do not count in the SECOND law which is the Net force ON the object equals the rate of change of momentum which is the mass times the acceleration.
F = m A
where F = net force ON the object
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