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Q: What is the force that pushes back on you when you push on something?
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When you push against a wall with your fingers they bend because they experience a force Identify this force?

you push on the wall and the wall pushes back on you with opposite and equal force.


What would happen to a wall if you push on it with a force of 10N?

It pushes back with an equal force (10 N). If it can not, then it falls over.


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What pushes back on you when you push on a wall?

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When you push on a wall the what pushes back?

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Is friction a push force?

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What is one way of describing newton's third law would be to say?

For every action there's an equal and opposite reaction. A clearer way of saying this may be: When you push on something it pushes back with a equal force. Think of pushing on a building. You apply a force on the building but it is pushing back with the same force, else it would move.


Why doesn't the ground fly up when you take my foot off it if according to Newton's Third Law the ground pushes up on my foot with a force equal to the force of my foot pressing on the ground?

Well, if you don't push down the normal force will not push back.