A horse pulls forward on a carriage with a given force. By Newton's Third Law, the carriage must be pulling on the horse backward with an equal and opposite force. Given this, what explains why the horse and carriage can move forward?

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Explanation:

when we take the case of horse pulling the cart.

When the horse applies the force on the cart suppose it to be 'R',.

then the same reaction force of 'R' cart will apply the horse.

But as the horse use traction from the ground and the wheel of the cart does not have that i. e. it leads to the movement of cart.