newton's third law

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When you push a wall and it does not move, which is true?

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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.

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