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Harsh Bhardwaj
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Both these masses are of 1kg each and the scale reads in Newtons.
The intuitive answer for the reading of the scale is about 20N because it is being pulled by 10N from each side.
However, this is clearly not true as the scale reads about 10N. Why is it so?
I believe that I am misled by thinking of action reaction pairs working on one body.