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How is newton's third law different from newton's first law

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Answer : Newton's first law of motion (also known as Law of Inertia) describes about the tendency of an object to resist change from its state of rest / motion / direction (inertia).

Whereas, Newton's third law of motion tells us that forces exists in pairs. It talks about the action & reaction forces, which are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction.

In this way, Newton's third law of motion is different from Newton's first law of motion.

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First law states every object will remain at rest or in a straight line

Third law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

Hope that’s helps
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