Tag
Newtons Third Law
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Concept
Action-reaction pairs
Every force one object exerts on a second is matched, at the same instant, by an equal and opposite force the second exerts back on the first, and this pairing is what makes pushing off anything, including empty exhaust gas, actually work.
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ConceptMomentum as quantity of motion
Momentum, mass times velocity, is conserved for an isolated system because every internal force comes paired with an equal and opposite reaction acting for the same time.
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