can we apply newton's 3rd law to the gravitational force? Explain your answer.
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Yes, Newton's third law can be applied to the gravitational force.
Newton's third law of motion states that to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
And the gravitational force of earth pulls the objects on earth's surface towards it, and according to the third law, the object too pulls the earth with equal and opposite force. But as the objects are smaller than earth, their force of attraction is negligible.
Hence, we can apply Newton's third law of motion to gravitational force.
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Yes, Newton's third law can be applied to the gravitational force.
Newton's third law of motion states that to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
And the gravitational force of earth pulls the objects on earth's surface towards it, and according to the third law, the object too pulls the earth with equal and opposite force. But as the objects are smaller than earth, their force of attraction is negligible.
Hence, we can apply Newton's third law of motion to gravitational force.
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yes Newton's 3rd law can be applied to the gravitational law as according to gravitational law the gravitational force between two bodies is directly proportinal to product of their masses and inversely proportional to square of distance between them.
let a body of mass m1 be at and another body of nass m2 .let these bodies r separated by distance r and the body of mass m1 exerts a gravitational force F12 on the mass m2 .
then,F12=Gm1m2/r2 against it the another body exerts an opposite force on body m1
F21=Gm2m1/r2...
these forces are equal in magnitude but ooposite in direction i.e.F12=-F21 which is NEWTONS 3rd law of motion........ in shortcut...
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let a body of mass m1 be at and another body of nass m2 .let these bodies r separated by distance r and the body of mass m1 exerts a gravitational force F12 on the mass m2 .
then,F12=Gm1m2/r2 against it the another body exerts an opposite force on body m1
F21=Gm2m1/r2...
these forces are equal in magnitude but ooposite in direction i.e.F12=-F21 which is NEWTONS 3rd law of motion........ in shortcut...
May it be helpful to you...**
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