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प्रश्न
Do action and reaction act on the same body or different bodies ? How are they related in magnitude and direction ? Are they simultaneous or not ?
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उत्तर
Action and reaction act on different bodies. The action and reaction forces are equal in magnitude but they do not always produce equal acceleration in the two bodies on which they act.
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