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When someone throws a ball, the action force is the person pushing on the ball. What is the reaction force?

the ball pushing on the person
the ball pushing against air
the ball being pulled toward the ground
the ball being pulled away from the person

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The ball pushing on the person.

By Newton's third law, the force the person applies to the ball has an equal and opposite reaction: the ball exerts an equal opposite force on the person.