Rahul sits in a chair reading a book. Which force is equal to the force Rahul exerts on Earth? Rahul’s weight

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Rahul sits in a chair reading a book. Which force is equal to the force Rahul exerts on Earth?

Rahul’s weight
Rahul's mass
the sum of the weights of Rahul and the book
the sum of the weights of the chair, Rahul, and the book

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Rahul’s weight.

Reason: By Newton’s third law the gravitational force Earth exerts on Rahul (his weight, mg) is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force Rahul exerts on Earth. (Mass is not a force.)

Rahul sits in a chair reading a book. Which force is equal to the force Rahul exerts on Earth?

Rahul’s weight
Rahul's mass
the sum of the weights of Rahul and the book
the sum of the weights of the chair, Rahul, and the book

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Rahul sits in a chair reading a book. Which force is equal to the force Rahul exerts on Earth? Rahul’s weight Rahul's mass the sum of the weights of Rahul and the book the sum of the weights of the chair, Rahul, and the book

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Rahul sits in a chair reading a book. Which force is equal to the force Rahul exerts on Earth?

Rahul’s weight
Rahul's mass
the sum of the weights of Rahul and the book
the sum of the weights of the chair, Rahul, and the book