Newton's Laws of Motion
 

Newton's Laws of Motion problem 71


Newton’s third law of motion is often summarized as ‘Every action (force) has an equal and opposite reaction.’ A book rests on a table. If the weight of the book is the ‘action’ force, what is the ‘reaction’ force?


  • the pull of the book on the Earth


  • the pull of the Earth on the book


  • the push of the book on the table


  • the push of the table on the book


 

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