TRUE and FALSE

Newton's third law can be written

where F_ab is the force body a exerts on body b, and F_ba is the force body b exerts on body a. Statement (13) actually involves THREE bodies: the BALL, the PLAYER/PADDLE, and the TABLE. If we label them B, P and T in that order, then (13) implies that F_PB = - F_TB , which is not true. Newton's third law tells us only that