Newton's Third Law

Classical Mechanics Level 2

Which of the following statements is false regarding action and reaction forces?

Action force and reaction force have the same magnitude Action force acts before reaction force Both act simultaneously

Abhiram Rao by Abhiram Rao , 18, India

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Sonia Gupta
Mar 27, 2016

It is false because according to Newton's third law of motion to every action there is an equal & opposite reaction then it isn't possible that the action will be ahead from reaction force. Both will work at the same time.

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To have an equal effect , they have to act simultaneously , so yeah , I agree with you.

Abhiram Rao - 5 years, 2 months ago

I agree with you. my answer is both a and c, action and reaction act simultaneously (newton's third law) and action=reaction (equilibrium)

Roann Azodnem - 5 years, 2 months ago

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To be clear, the problem asks for which one of the facts is false .

Calvin Lin Staff - 5 years, 2 months ago

Yes, that's confusing. Because if they act at diferrent time that would be funny stufs happening such as the boat going away first and the feat of the person feeling the reaction later

En-Hedu Anna - 8 months, 2 weeks ago

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