Third Law of Motion

By
D. Glaudia Tejal
 • Newton was one of the most
influential scientists of all time.
Isaac Newton His ideas became the basis for
modern physics. He studied
optics, astronomy and math —
he invented calculus. Newton
is perhaps best known for his
work in studying gravity and
the motion of planets. Urged on
Live your life by astronomer Edmond Halley,
as an Newton published his laws in
exclamation 1687, in his seminal work
“Philosophiae Naturalis
not an
explanation. Principia Mathematica”
(Mathematical Principles of
Natural Philosophy) in which
he formalized the description
of how massive bodies move
 Third Law
• To every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction and they act on two
different bodies.
• The third law of motion states that if a body
exerts a force on a second body, the second
body exerts a force that is equal in magnitude
and opposite in direction to the first force. So
for every action force there is always a
reaction force. No force can occur by itself
 Example 1
• It is all in Newton's third law: as your legs propel
your body towards the dock, they also apply to the
boat an equal force in the opposite direction, which
pushes it away from the dock.
 Example 2
• Newton's third law explains the generation of thrust by a
rocket engine. In a rocket engine, hot exhaust gas is
produced through the combustion of a fuel with an oxidizer.
The hot exhaust gas flows through the rocket nozzle and is
accelerated to the rear of the rocket. In re-action, a thrusting
force is produced on the engine mount.