Newton's Third Law
When you push a wall and it does not move, which is true?
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About This Question
- Subject
- physics
- Chapter
- laws of motion
- Topic
- newton's third law
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Year
- 2025
Solution
Correct Answer:
You exert a force and wall exerts equal opposite force on you.
Newton's Third Law states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
- When you apply a force F on the wall, the wall simultaneously applies a force −F back on you.
- These two forces constitute an action-reaction pair. They act on different bodies (you and the wall) and therefore do not cancel each other out on a single body.
- The wall doesn't move because your force is balanced by the internal stresses and the attachment of the wall to the ground/Earth, but the reaction force on you still exists.
This easy difficulty physics question is from the chapter laws of motion, covering the topic of newton's third law. It appeared in the 2025 exam.
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