Newton’s Third Law of Motion

Dr. Jacob Moore

Associate Professor of Engineering
Penn State Mont Alto

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 Newton’s Third Law
• Newton’s Third Law states that...

“For every action there is an equal and

opposite reaction.”

• Though the term “action” is applied to many

things with this law, Newton originally meant
a force when he said “action”.
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• This law means that all forces come in pairs.

– If Body A exerts a force on Body B, then Body B

exerts an equal and opposite force back on Body
A.

– It is important to note here that a Newton’s Third

Law pair has to act on two separate bodies, one
force acting on each body.
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