Homework Help: physics

Posted by Isabella on Monday, March 26, 2012 at 5:01pm.

Using newtons third law of motion, and action reaction pairs explain the following situations

A person with ordinary shoes is able to walk on a sidewalk

A rocket accelerates in the vacuum of outer space

Thanks for the help, any would be great!

physics - bobpursley, Monday, March 26, 2012 at 5:29pm
on the first, think of this: A person with frictionless shoes trying to walk.

On the second, exactly what is a "reaction" force?

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