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State Newton's third law. Explain it with three examples.

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Newton.s third law of motion : Newton.s third law states that .for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. They always act on two different bodies..
If a body A applies a force `F_(A)` on a body B, then the body B reacts with force `F_(B)` on the body A, which is equal to `F_(A)` in magnitude, but opposite in direction.
`F_(B)=- F_(A)`
Examples:
(i) When birds fly they push the air downwards with their wings (Action) and the air pushes the bird upwards (Reaction).
(ii) When a person swims he pushes the water using the hands backwards (Action), and the water pushes the swimmer in the forward direction (Reaction).
(iii) When you fire a bullet, the gun recoils backward and the bullet is moving forward (Action) and the gun equalises this forward action by moving backward (Reaction).
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