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What happens when two objects, such as a baseball and a bat, collide?One remains still while the other one moves in the same direction.They hit each other with the same force in opposite directions.They hit each other with unequal force in opposite directions.They hit each other with the same force in the same direction.

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They exert forces on each other that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.

This is Newton’s Third Law: for every force one object applies to a second, the second applies an equal and opposite force on the first. The resulting accelerations can be different (F = ma) because the masses differ, and the momentum/velocity changes depend on those masses and the contact time.