That situation is described by Newton's Third Law of Motion. It states, "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." Forces always occur in pairs; when one body pushes against ...

The problem with this law is when it is described in the following way: Newton's Third Law: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Not all textbooks say that, but if you ask a ...

Newton's 3rd law is often stated as "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." Actually, what Newton actually said is a little more complex* than that, but this article isn't ...