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If you stand next to a wall on a frictionless skateboard and push the wall with a force of 50 N , how hard does the wall push on you? Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.

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Answer:

50 N

Step-by-step explanation:

Newton's Third Law, also known as the law of action-reaction tell us that the force exerted by object 1 upon object 2 is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force exerted by object 2 upon object 1. So, if you exert a force on a wall, it exerts the same force on you in the opposite direction.

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