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Billy is sitting in a chair in class. If the action force is the downward push of his weight on the chair, what is the reaction force? A. gravity B. the downward force of Billy's weight on the Earth C. the upward force of the chair pushing on Billy D. there is no reaction force

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Billy is sitting in a chair in class. If the action force is the downward push of his weight on the chair, what is the reaction force? A. gravity B. the downward force of Billy's weight on the Earth C. the upward force of the chair pushing on Billy D. there is no reaction force

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The reaction force in this scenario is C. the upward force of the chair pushing on Billy. This is based on Newton's third law of motion, which states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So, when Billy exerts a downward force on the chair (the action), the chair exerts an equal upward force on Billy (the reaction).

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