Newton’s third law of motion is commonly expressed as ‘Every action (force) has an equal and opposite reaction.’ A book is at rest on a table. If the book’s weight is the ‘action’ force, what force is the corresponding ‘reaction’?
- Athe pull of the book on the Earth
- Bthe pull of the Earth on the book
- Cthe push of the book on the table
- Dthe push of the table on the book