An example of an action and reaction is sitting on a chair. Your body pushes down on the chair because of the force of what?

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Keyla Cox

19 October, 05:58

An example of an action and reaction is sitting on a chair. Your body pushes down on the chair because of the force of what?

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Tobias · Answer 1

Your body is pushing down on a chair because it is being attracted by gravity, the reason that your body is not moving down because there is a normal force acting on your body; together the net force of weight (m*g) and normal force is equal to zero