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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.

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct
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The correct option is D Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct
Action and reaction exist in pair and are always equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. But they act on different bodies, hence they cannot balance each other.

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