A body is kept on a table. It is pulled downwards due to its weight. But the table exerts an equal and opposite force on the body keeping it at rest.

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Due to the weight of the object, a force is exerted on the table equal to the weight of the object. The table in return exerts a reactionary force on the object equal to the magnitude of the weight but opposite in direction (Newton's third law). Thus the net force on the object is zero as two equal forces in opposite directions act on it and thus the object remains at rest.

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