TITLE: Boy , Table and the Newton
QUESTION [0 upvotes]: Suppose a boy is trying to stand on a table. If the table can hold upto a particular force, the boy would fall on to earth. If he stands on the table and providing greater force than the table can yield.  
Does the table give a reaction force to the boy by newton's third law? 
If so, why did he fall down ?

REPLY [1 votes]: Does the table give a reaction force to the boy by newton's third law?
If so, why did he fall down ?
the boy was applying a force on the table and table was also applying the same force on the boy.(upward)
but since the table was weak hence it was broken.
now there is nothing to apply force on the boy upward so simply gravity pulls him down.
EDIT:lets look at a different situation but similar situation to make things clear.
a boy is standing on a elevator and thus he applies a force on the floor of the elevator and the floor is also applying the same force on the boy upward.
suddenly the cable broke
(this is similar as the breaking of the table)
what will happen?
the elevator and the boy will now in freefall .
In this case because both the boy and the lift are moving downwards with same acceleration 'g' so there are no forces of action and reaction between the boy and the lift.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/elev.html
similar happen  in the case of boy and the table.
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