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From Newton's third law, Action and reaction____.
Which of the following will not fit in the above sentence.

  1. acts on the same body
  2. are opposite in direction
  3. are equal
  4. acts on different bodies

A
are opposite in direction
B
acts on different bodies
C
are equal
D
acts on the same body
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According to newton's third law of motion, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The action-reaction pair always acts on different bodies.
So option A is wrong and rest three options are correct.

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