What does Newton’s third law say about the forces between two interacting objects?
Each object exerts a force on the other simultaneously; the forces have equal magnitude and opposite directions.
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What does Newton’s third law say about the forces between two interacting objects?
Each object exerts a force on the other simultaneously; the forces have equal magnitude and opposite directions.
Why do Newton’s third-law force pairs not cancel as forces on a single object?
The two forces act on different objects.