40 | CHAPTER 4 | FORCES AND NEW TON"S L AWS OF MOTION 8.

40 | CHAPTER 4 | FORCES AND NEW TON"S L AWS OF MOTION 8. According to Newton"s third law, when you push on an object, the object pushes back on you with an oppositely directed force of equal magnitude. If the object is a massive crate resting on the floor, it will probably not move. Some people think that the reason the crate does not move is that the two oppositely directed pushing forces cancel. Explain why this logic is faulty and why the crate does not move.