Submitted by USA_Ball t3_11vkt94 in explainlikeimfive
Newton's Third Law of Motion states that "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction". Say you were an 200 lb man pushing a 250 lb object. You'd be putting in, say 260 lbs of force, going forwards. If my understanding is correct, it should be putting in 260 lbs of force on you backwards, which would mean as you push you are sort of just gliding backwards ig. Obviously there is something wrong with my understanding of Newtons Third Law of motion, so can someone explain what Newton's Third Law of Motion does