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  • Action Force: The tires push backwards on the road
  • Reaction Force: The road pushes forwardwards on the tires

Newton’s third law is all around us. Sir Isaac Newton’s
third law states that whenever one object exerts a force on another
object, that object exerts an opposite and equal force on the first
object, or in simpler form, for every action there is always an equal
opposing reaction. Each object that Newton’s third law affects has an
action and reaction force. For example, when tires of a car push on
the road, the road pushes on the tires. The action force occurs when
the tires push on the road and the reaction force occurs when the road
pushes on the tires, or vice versa. I made this website as a project for my physics class. You can use the toolbar on the side to navigate through my website all about Newton's Third Law.

  • Action Force: the swimmer pushes backwards on the water
  • Reaction Force: the water pushes forwardwards on the swimmer
  • The swimmer will go forward because of these action and reaction forces.

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