A bus of mass 3,500 kg that is moving at a speed of 18 m/s and a car of mass 1,300 kg that is moving at a speed of 20 m/s.
What's the total linear momentum of the bus and the car?

the independent variable, or the one that is intentionally manipulated is the speed.

the box does not move because you need to use a force greater than 300 n. you are only using 50 n. it needs to at least be 301 n for the box to move because then it is an unbalanced force and it will move the way that the greater force is pushing it. if you use only 300 n it will be a balanced force and will not move because the force you are exerting on the   box is the same as its force.

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im sorry if i went too in depth, i am going to include a link to a video on khan academy that will explain this.   hope that you like the video and that it explains more in detail to you.

that is the link.