Newton’s Third Law of Motion Chapter 6 Newton’s Third Law of Motion
Force Force is a push or pull Force is part of an interaction (A pair of forces)
Newton’s Third Law “When an object exerts a force on a second object (action force), the second object exerts an equal and opposite force (reaction force)”
Newton’s Third Law
More Action-Reaction pairs Planets – Stars http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/science/finding_planets.cfm Vehicles falling in the water Tug-of-war
Doesn’t the action /reaction cancel out? Equal & Opposite right? Pg ?? Nope. No good. Action/Reaction act on different Objects!
Newton’s Third Law on Different Masses (cannon) Ma = f = mA (cannonball) http://www.shoutwire.com/articles/98530/Soldier_owned_by_Artillery_Cannon.html
When is Newton’s 3rd Law true? ALWAYS!!!!!