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A bowling ball has a mass of 7.2 kg and a weight of 70.6 N. It moves down the bowling alley at 1 m/s and strikes a pin with a force of 15.0 N. What is the force that the pin exerts on the bowling ball?

7.2 N
15.0 N
70.6 N
85.6 N

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
15.0 N

By Newton's third law, the pin exerts an equal and opposite force on the bowling ball (same magnitude, opposite direction). The weight and mass are irrelevant to this action–reaction pair.