A man drops a baseball off of the top of the Empire State Building. If the action force is the pull of the Earth on the ball then what is the reaction force?

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2026-07-08 03:35

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The reaction force is the push of the ball on the Earth, according to Newton's third law of motion. This means as the Earth pulls the ball downward, the ball also exerts an equal and opposite force back up on the Earth.

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