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What is a reaction force?

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A reaction force is bascally a force that acts in the opposite direction to an action force. It can better be described as when one fires a bullet from a gun, they feel being pushed backward. The action force in this case is the gun pushing out the bullet and the reaction is the bullet pushing back on the gun and its holder.

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A reaction force must exist because it keeps forces balanced, so for example, if only gravity existed and not the reaction force from the ground which keeps us from sinking into the ground, then we would be stuck to the ground. (you might want to re-word your sentence). :D

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A reaction force must exist because without it the other force, such as gravity without the force of lift will always be in power and we would be literally stuck to the ground :D
A reaction force must exist because it keeps forces balanced, so for example, if only gravity existed and not the reaction force from the ground which keeps us from sinking into the ground, then we would be stuck to the ground. (you might want to re-word your sentence). :D

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It's actually pretty simple. You transfer your energy to the object. For example, a car weight 600Kg traveling at 60 miles per hour, and it hits an object which also weight 600 Kg. After the collision, the object travels at 60MPH, and the car stopped. Newton said that the car apply a force on the object(action), and the object also apply a force on the car(reaction) so the car stopped. But isn't it make sense to say that the car gave all it's energy to the object, so the car had no energy?

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<(^>^)> Well to prvoe the reaction they must be certain changes in the solution * heat change * colour change * or some others.

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we will sink in the ground without reaction force i think.... mmm... i really dont know...

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Because of Newton's Third Law, which applies that every action must have an equal and opposite reaction.

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