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Would the normal reaction and weight is termed as action and reaction forces for a body kept stationary on a horizontal table ?

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The action and reaction pair works on newtons third law of motion
ACTION -- here when a body is kept on table the action is the book applied its weight =mg on the table
REACTION -- the table applies opposite force on body which is its reaction and we called it normal force.
hence the above statement is true.


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