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According to Newton’s third law of motion, whenever one object exerts a force on a second object, the first object experiences a force that is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force that it exerts. The forces are called action-reaction forces. The equal forces do not cancel out each other because the forces are acting on different objects.



An example of Newton’s third law of motion is movement of a boat forward when a person uses a paddle to push the water backwards.









In the rowboat example, what is the reaction force acting on the system?


The paddle pushing water backwards.


The boat moving forward in the water.


The person exerting force on the paddle.


The backward movement of the boat in the water.

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The boat moving forward in the water.

Explanation: The paddle exerts a backward force on the water (action). The reaction is the water exerting an equal and opposite forward force on the paddle/boat, causing the boat to move forward.