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What is the 3rd of Newton's laws?

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Zahid Anwar

Newton's laws of motion are based on observation from the real life. The third law is based on the observation that whenever one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts and equal force in the opposition direction on the first object.


The exact statement is "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction".





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Anuraj Sunda

Newton’s third law is about action and reaction forces. For every Action force there is a equal and opposite reaction force. These forces act on different bodies and causes acceleration in the bodies depending on their mass.

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Hameema Khan

Action and Reaction

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Mahmoud Ghoneim

For every acting force there is an opposing force of equal magnitude acting in the opposite direction

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Dilkush Panchani

To every action there is a reaction. These two forces act on different bodies. For example, when you are sitting on a chair the 'action' force is the weight of you and the chair. Since the 'reaction' force must act on a different body and the action force acts on the ground, the reaction force will act from the ground. In equilibrium the action force will always equal the reaction force. I hope this helped!

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For every action, there is a reaction equal and in the opposite direction. Or in detailed response: If object A exerts a force on object B, object B will exert the same force in the opposite direction to object A.

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For every action (force) there is an equal and opposite reaction.

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Tosin Sepo

All objects will stay in their original position or direction of movement unless and external force acts on it.

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Hamdaan Sheikh

Formally known as; When Body A exerts a force upon Body B, Body B will exert an equal and opposite force upon Body A


A more commonly known phrase is; "every action has an equal and opposite reaction"

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Shubhdeep Sethi

Every force has an equal and opposite reaction. (Easier way might be to think momentum is always conserved)

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Aisyah

The third law states that for every action in nature there is an equal and opposite force.

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Tanya Prakash

Newton's 3rd Law states that when two bodies interact, they exert forces on each other that have the same magnitude but the opposite direction

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Newton's Third Law is often misunderstood. The statement is: "If one object exerts a force on another object, then that other object exerts an equal and opposite force on the first object." Sometimes this is mixed up with eg WEIGHT and REACTION (R) force. A good example is the Earth-Moon system. The Earth exerts a gravitational pull on the moon (it orbits the Earth!). The moon equally pulls the Earth with exactly the same force (we can see evidence of this in TIDES). At A level we see exactly this effect when Newtons Law of gravitation is explored using F = GM1M2/r^2. The force for the Earth and the Moon are the same!

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If body A applies a force on body B, then body B will apply an equal and opposite force on body A

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Andrew Mainey

If body A exerts a force on body B.

Body B will exert an equal and opposite force (of the same type) on Body A

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