When you're walking, because of the force you exert onto the ground, the force of friction pushes your forward, so you move forward. If you are sitting on a scooter and you push off of a wall, how is this similar and how is this different?

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anonymous · Answer

The wall pushes on you to move you forward like the floor pushes on your legs when you walk to move you forward.

However the force from the wall is not a friction force.