If every force has an equally strong opposite force how can anything move?
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Things move by having forces act upon them. Imagine one ball in motion (Ball A) moving toward another ball not in motion (Ball B).
Ball A strikes Ball B, causing Ball B to start moving.
Things can only be put into motion (or have their existing motion changed) through forces. Ball A puts Ball B into motion by exerting a force on it.
But Ball A’s motion is also changed, it slows down. But, as stated, an object’s motion can only be changed through forces. Ball A slows down as a result of Ball B exerting an equal and opposite force on Ball A.
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