Newton's Third Law

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Newton’s third law states that, for any particles , the forces from one to the other are opposite to each other.

That is,

where is the force which particle exerts upon particle .

Corollaries

• The sum of all reciprocal forces in a system of particles is always zero

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References

• LEMOS, Nivaldo A. Mecânica analítica. Editora Livraria da Física, 2007.