Newton's Third Law of Motion | Many Get this WRONG | Explained in 1 minute

You might think you know Newton's Third Law of Motion, but there's an intricate detail that I want to discuss with you - many people get this wrong!

So we often hear Newton's Third Law of Motion being stated as "Every Action has an Equal and Opposite Reaction", or even "Every Action comes with a Reaction". But these don't really do the Law much justice. If we discuss Newton's Third Law in these terms, then it becomes very easy to get confused about a few things. Firstly, why don't the two equal and opposite forces just cancel each other out and result in nothing happening overall? Secondly, what forces do the objects act on?

In this video, I wanted to clarify these potential misconceptions in ONE MINUTE. This video is the third one I've done so far trying to explain Physics in one minute, but I want to make a lot more like this. So please let me know in the comments below any areas of Physics you'd like me to try and explain in a minute.

I also brought back my Weekly Question of the Week. This time, I want to know about something that you learned recently, that you genuinely enjoyed learning about. Not just learning for the sake of learning, but actually liked doing it. Let me know in the comments below.

The next video I make is going to be slightly different, so stay tuned! Until then, I'll see you soon. Cheers!

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[beycvrc]

everything. I can't stop learning. addicted. will burn myself out just self studying lol

[Osama-Bon-Jovi-]

Nice video, I think these explained in 1 minute videos look really good

[markosullivan]

I've been learning about the bats that live in my local wood and how to identify them by their echolocation calls. I recently learned that some moths evolved to hear bats' echolocation calls so brown long-eared bats evolved big ears so that they could 'whisper' their echolocation calls and sneak up on the moths! How cool is that?

[michelobpapi]

hey i really enjoy your physics videos, the colorful writings are really easy to follow. I would really appreciate more videos on classical mechanics!

[LiveTheDash]

Bro this is very useful!


Just know this has helped me more than you know THANK YOU!!!

[nickbutts]

Quantum mechanics. It’s an addictive rabbit hole that gets more confusing and bizarre the more you learn.

[maynardjohnson]

One thing that I just found out.

An extra note that i was missing in Whole Lotta Love that makes it sound a lot more correct.

I just turned 61. I used to fabricate, build electronic circuits, built my own TIG welder and had a reasonably fun life in California. Now I find myself stuck in Michigan as it is turning winter.

I just had a small stroke. Im trying to find things to be interested in and stay healthy.

[jakekp]

Rolling resistance?
Before this video I was stuck not understanding Newtons’s 3rd law. But then I started to understand it and now I think I got it! Hell yeah!
(I really like these 1 minute explained videos!)

[homerruiz]

Could you explain what the time span is between the action and the reaction? And if your answer would be "none", why is the word 'reaction ' used, since it seems clear that in order to react on something, this something first must have taken place?

[alvkarthik]

I was trying to understand Newton's law and was doing number of experiments to use Newton's law in real life and it made me feel good

[bloodyorphan]

Half the force is reflected if the mass of the objects is the same Parth 🙂
Love your work BTW

[tyfoodsforthought]

Whoa the nuance blew my mind and in just one minute! 😳👏🏾

[spyrex]

i recently learned object-oriented programming and i love it

[aanchaljha]

Explain about waves and related terms (like wavelength, time period )

[bhagwanmalhotra]

You are explaining better that our teacher.
Thank you so much 😊

[LaeeqKhan]

Maybe you should make a video on horse and cart problem, as it relates to the third law.

[sauravsaha]

Can you explain the expectation value of dynamical variable in QM, when and how it collapses to a spike ?

[Sagivbh]

You didn't spoke about inertial and non-inertial coordinate systems, this is very critical to understanding mechanics.

[Aerospacedu]

As a science educator i have struggled with Newton's third. Whilst your outline here works well using colliding objects of presumably a certain mass, it does little to help in scenarios such as rocket, jet or propellor engines by example. Even more so for water rockets that i often employ as a classic example of all of Newton's Laws in action.

[roberthipwell]

Quarks and leptons is what I am interested in, and where they would’ve first began