Newton's Third Law of Motion
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Main Idea
Newton’s Third Law of Motion describes a push or pull that acts on an object as a result of its interaction with another object. According to this law for every action there is an equal and opposite re-action. This means that for every force there is a reaction force that is equal in size, but opposite in direction. Meaning that when an object 1 pushes another object 2 then object 1 gets pushed back with equal force but in the opposite direction. The third law of motion is also referred to as the action-reaction law because both the forces are part of a single interaction and neither force can exist without the other.
A Mathematical Model
An important concept to remember about Newton's Third Law of Motion is that the two forces are of the same type. For example, when you throw a ball in the sky the Earth exerts a gravitational force on the ball and the ball also exerts a gravitational force on that is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the earth.
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