In the picture, what are the action and reaction forces?

Question

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Responses

The book pushes down on the table and the table pushes up on the book.
The book pushes down on the table and the table pushes up on the book.

Gravity pushes the book up.
Gravity pushes the book up.

Gravity pulls the book down.
Gravity pulls the book down.

Gravity pulls down and friction pushes up.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

The book pushes down on the table and the table pushes up on the book.

This statement correctly identifies the action-reaction pair according to Newton's Third Law of Motion, which states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In this case, the action is the book applying a force downward on the table, and the reaction is the table applying an equal force upward on the book.