According to the third law of motion, action and reaction

always act on the same body

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always act on different bodies in opposite directions

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have same magnitude and direction

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act on either body at normal to each other

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Solution

The correct option is B always act on different bodies in opposite directions
As per Newton's third law, whenever one object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts an equal and opposite on the first.
If object A exerts a force on object B, object B also exerts an equal and opposite force on object A. In other words, forces result from interactions.
Hence option B is correct.

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Q. Question 2
According to the third law of motion, action and reaction
(a) always act on the same body
(b) always act on different bodies in opposite directions
(c) have same magnitude and directions
(d) act on either body at normal to each other

Action and reaction act on the
(a) same body in opposite directions
(b) different bodies in opposite directions
(c) different bodies, but in same direction
(d) same body in same direction.

Two forces that are equal in magnitude are acting on a body in opposite directions along the same line of action cancel out each other.

Q. Assertion :According to Newton's third law, the sum of action and reaction forces on a body is equal to zero. Reason: The action and reaction forces act on different bodies.

Q. Newton’s third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the above-mentioned law of motion?
Statement 1: For every interaction, there is a pair of forces acting on the two interacting objects.
Statement 2: The magnitude of the force on the first object equals the magnitude of the force on the second object.
Statement 3: Forces always come in pairs - equal and opposite action-reaction force pairs.
Statement 4: Action and its reaction act on the same bodies.
Statement 5: Action and its reaction act on two different bodies.

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