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Under what condition, the restoring forces are equal and opposite to the external deforming force?

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7 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Arun
7 Years ago

The deforming force and the restoring are acting on different objects. The deforming force is the external force applied to the object, lets say by your hand. The restoring force is the force exerted on your hand by the object due to Newton’s Third law.

The two forces are equal and opposite but since they are acting on different objects, they do not cancel each other out.