A requirement in traction is that the traction force is equal in magnitude but in the opposite direction to the counter traction force. This requirement is really a statement of:
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D: Newton 3: F F 1 2 = - When an object (the hanging mass) exerts a force on another object (the patient in traction), the second object exerts an equal but opposite force on the fi rst object.
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