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How is a force transmitted from one mass to another mass?

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Given a collision, one object can transfer its force to another with simple contact.

The muscles in my arm generate a force causing my arm to move. Let's say my hand hits a volleyball I just tossed in the air. The force in my arm is now transmitted to the ball (some of that force is lost to friction, but that's nearly negligible).

If you want to know how exactly this is possible, just look at the atoms. The valence electrons on the surface of the objects repel each other, preventing the objects from phasing through one another. Basically, I pushed it's atoms with my atoms.

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