Question

The wind blows a lawn chair that weighs 4 kg into a fence with a force of 8 N. How much reaction force does the fence exert on the chair?(1 point)
Responses

8 N
8 N

2 N
2 N

0.5 N
0.5 N

0 N
0 N

Is 8 N the right answer??

Answer 1

Yes, 8 N is the correct answer. The fence exerts an equal but opposite reaction force on the chair according to Newton's third law of motion, also known as action-reaction pairs.