An astronaut in space pushes a piece of equipment to get it into the correct position. what does newton's third law of motion tell us about this?
Newton's Third Law of Motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. When the astronaut pushes the piece of equipment in space, the equipment pushes back on the astronaut with an equal and opposite force. This is due to the fact that the force between the astronaut and the equipment always occurs in pairs, and the forces are of equal strength and opposite direction. In this case, as the astronaut pushes the equipment in one direction, the equipment exerts an equal and opposite force on the astronaut in the opposite direction. This action-reaction pair of forces allows the astronaut to move the equipment by pushing on it, while the equipment simultaneously pushes back with the same amount of force. In the absence of external forces such as friction, these action-reaction pairs of forces do not cancel each other out because they are acting on different objects. This means that the astronaut and the equipment will both experience an acceleration in oppo...