IF you have two objects with different masses collide hitting each other, will the force between them be the same or different when they hit?
how come?
how come?
1 Answer
Feb 3, 2018
This is one of the best puzzles in Physics, as nearly every student will say “different” particularly if the two objects are of different mass.
Explanation:
The answer is it must be the same, and the reason is Newton’s 3rd law. Any two objects that are exerting forces on each other form a reaction pair, so have force some that are equal in magnitude (same size) but opposite in direction.
