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Newton's Third Law: "To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts." or more commonly "For every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force". When solving problems, a useful way restate this is, "Forces always come in equal pairs."
Newton's Third Law: "To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts." or more commonly "For every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force".

Using Newton's laws



Much of classical mechanics is derived from Newton's second law, particularly calculations involving momentum and acceleration.

When solving problems, a useful way restate the third law is, "Forces always come in equal pairs."

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