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Internal forces

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

Forces that objects within a system exert on each other; these do not influence the motion of the system's center of mass.

AP course connection

Topic 2.3: 2.3 Newton's Third Law

Unit 2

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