Newton's Third Law of Motion

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Newton's Third Law of Motion: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as External and Internal Forces, Action and Reaction, and Newton's Third Law of Motion.

Important Questions on Newton's Third Law of Motion

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The string between blocks of mass m and 2m is massless and inextensible. The system is suspended by a massless spring as shown. If the string is cut find the magnitudes of accelerations of mass 2m and m (immediately after cutting)

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A light spring balance hangs from the hook of the other light spring balance and a block of mass M kg hangs from the former one. Then the true statement about the scale reading is –

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Magnetic force is example of _____ force.

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Which one of given force is not example of internal force?

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Which of the given force is not external force?

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Can a single isolated force exist in nature? Explain your answer.

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Why is it not possible to push a car from inside?

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Two bodies A and B of masses 5 kg and 10 kg in contact with each other rest on a table against a rigid wall as shown in the figure. The coefficient of friction between the bodies and the table is 0.15. A force of 200 N is applied horizontally to A. What are:

(a) the reaction of the partition?
(b) the action-reaction forces between A and B?

What happens when the wall is removed? Does the answer to (b) change, when the bodies are in motion? Ignore the difference between μs and μk.

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Among the following statements, the one that is not true regarding the Newton’s third law of motion is,

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Action and reaction _____ act on the same body.

(Choose from: can/cannot)

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Newton’s third law of motion can be derived as a second special case of Newton’s _____ law of motion.

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A body of mass 2 kg moving on a horizontal surface with an initial velocity of 4 m/s comes to rest after 2 sec. If one wants to keep this body moving on the same surface with a velocity of 4 m/s, the force required is

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Assertion: Newton's third law of motion is applicable only when bodies are in motion.

Reason: Newton's third law applies to only forces, e.g. gravitational, electricstatic forces etc.

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Assertion: Nuclear force doesn't obey Newton's third law.

Reason: Nuclear force is not a central force.

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Assertion: The third law of motion concludes that the forces occur in pairs of action and reaction.

Reason: The action force is more than the reaction force.

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Assertion: Newton's third law is not applicable for nuclear forces.

Reason: Nuclear forces are short-ranged.

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The force exerted by the ideal string on the ideal pulley P shown in the figure is___

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A bird is sitting in a large closed cage which is placed on a spring balance. It records a weight of 25 N. The bird (mass  m = 0.5 kg) flies upward in the cage with an acceleration of 2 m s-2. The spring balance will now record a weight of

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A parrot sitting on the floor of a wire cage which is being carried by a boy, starts flying. The boy will feel that the cage is now

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Consider a horse pulling a wagon. Which of the statements below is the correct one ?