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write a short note on third law of motion

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Third law of motion: This law deals with the forces between bodies that appear in pairs. It says that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. When you stand on the ground, your weight pushes the ground downwards; does this make the ground to move downward? No, because the ground pushes you upward with a force equal to your weight and hence these equal and opposite forces cancel out and you stand on the ground balanced. Force by you on the ground and force on you by the ground are two equal and opposite forces acting in pairs at the surface that is common to both you and the ground.

Newton’s 3rd law of motion is applicable wherever there is action-reaction force pair. Like walking, shooting with a pistol, collision, rocket propelling, etc.


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