Since the action and reaction force here are EQUAL and OPPOSITE IN DIRECTION, these forces are balanced so your acceleration would be:

Question

A positive acceleration upwards

There would be ZERO acceleration, so you would remain at rest

A negative acceleration downwards

Answer 1

In the context of Newton's Third Law, which states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, the situation regarding acceleration depends on the net forces acting on an object.

• If the action and reaction forces are balanced (equal in magnitude and opposite in direction), this implies that the net force on the object is zero. Therefore, according to Newton's Second Law (F = ma), if there is no net force acting on an object, it will not accelerate. This means that you would have zero acceleration, and if you were initially at rest, you would remain at rest.

So the correct interpretation in this scenario would be: There would be ZERO acceleration, so you would remain at rest.