Two objects are interacting, but stay stationary. Which best describes what is happening to the action and reaction forces?

By Newton’s third law, interacting objects exert forces on each other that are equal in strength and opposite in direction. These forces act on different objects, so they do not cancel on either object; the objects can remain stationary if other forces balance the forces on each one. Thus, “the forces are equal and opposite each other” is correct.

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