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Here is a photo of a table with some objects which are glasses, a computer

mouse and a pen. They are applying a force on the table because of
gravity and their own weight. Newton´s 3rd law states that for every
action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction. If object A
exerts a force on object B, object B also exerts an equal and opposite force
on object A. That what happens here. The table exerts an equal net force
(a net force is a combination of all the forces acting on an object) of all the
objects to push them up. The forces are obviously equal because if not,
the table will push up the objects too much to the air or the objects will
fall. This force of the table occurs because the weight of the book causes
the table to deform slightly so that it pushes back on the book like a coiled
spring. This doesn´t happen with every object, it depends on its weight.
The objects on the image can be supported by the table, but if they weigh
a lot then this law of action and reaction can´t happen.
The third law of Newton talks about a more fundamental, the
conservation of the momentum. The latter remains true even in cases
where Newton's statement does not do, for example fields of force as well
as material bodies a quantity of motion, and when the quantity of is
defined correctly, also in quantum mechanics. Mathematically, if a body A
exerts a force F on body B, then B simultaneously exerts a force −F→ on A,
or in vector equation form,

F⃗ AB= −F⃗ BA

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