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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

2 N
2 N

8 N
8 N

0.5 N
0.5 N

0 N

Answer 1

According to Newton's third law of motion, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This means that if the wind blows the lawn chair into the fence with a force of 8 N, the fence will exert an equal and opposite force of 8 N back on the lawn chair.

Therefore, the correct response is:

8 N