Newton's Third Law Video Tutorial

The Newton's Third Law Video Tutorial explains the claims made by Newton's Third Law of motion. The concept of an interaction force pairs between contacting objects is explained in great depth. The equal and opposite nature of the interaction forces are discussed and numerous examples are given.

The video lesson answers the following questions:

  1. In what way does Newton’s third law of motion describe the nature of a force on an object?
  2. How can Newton’s third law and Newton’s second law be combined to describe the magnitude of the force and the acceleration of two interacting objects?

Video

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