According to Newton's third law,every force is accompanied by an equal and opposite force. How then can anything move?
(N/A) Newton's third law states that for every action,there is an equal and opposite reaction. However,these two forces act on different bodies,not the same body. Since the forces do not cancel each other out on a single object,the net force acting on a body can be non-zero,thereby allowing the body to move.
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