When you put a book on a table the table pushes on the book?

When you place a book on a table, the table exerts an upward force on the book known as the normal force. This force is a reaction force to the downward force exerted by the book's weight due to gravity. According to Newton's third law of motion, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Therefore, the table pushes on the book with a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force the book exerts on the table.