Newton's Second Law: on a Horizontal Frictionless Floor, a Worker

Newton's second law: On a horizontal frictionless floor, a worker of weight 0.900 kN pushes horizontally with a force of 0.200 kN on a box weighing 1.80 kN. As a result of this push, which statement could be true?

A) The box will not move because the push is less than its weight.
B) The worker and box will both have an acceleration of 1.08 m/s², but in opposite directions.
C) The worker and box will both have an acceleration of 2.17 m/s², but in opposite directions.
D) The worker will accelerate at 1.08 m/s² and the box will accelerate at 2.17 m/s², but in opposite directions.
E) The worker will accelerate at 2.17 m/s² and the box will accelerate at 1.08 m/s², but in opposite directions.

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