- Draw the action/reaction force diagrams
- Draw and label all free-body diagrams
- ID all action and reaction forces
- Question: Since the gravitational pull of the Earth is exerting a force on you why don’t you accelerate down into the center of the earth? Use the 3rd law in words and in a free body diagram to explain your answer.
- answer: as you apply an action force to the floor the floor is applying an equal but opposite in direction force on your (reaction force).
Bozeman 3rd law video
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