a man pushes down on a table. what does the table do to the man?
a. pushes back against the hand
b. pushes in the same direction as the hand

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Question: A man pushes down on a table. what does the table do to the man?

Answer:  pushes back against the hand

Explanation: The weight of the ma  pushes down on the table with a force mg while the table pushes up on the book with an equal and opposite force

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As the man pushes down on the table, the reacts back with equal and opposite force on the man.

According to Newton's third law of motion, action and reaction are equal and opposite.

As the man pushes downwards on the table, the table reacts in opposite direction which is upward with force equal in magnitude.

Thus, we can conclude that as the man pushes down on the table, the reacts back with equal and opposite force on the man.

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