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Newton's Third Law

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Action and reaction force acts simultaneously on different bodies which are free to move.What will be its effect?

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Dear Student ,
According to Newton's third law of motion action and reaction will be same and in opposite to each other so after the action force a reaction force will be generated and the bodies will move in opposite directions as an effect .
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