Question

How does the collision of two billiard balls demonstrate Newton’s Third Law?(1 point)

The balls exert the same force in opposite directions on each other only when they move toward each other at the same speed and collide.

The ball that is moving faster exerts a greater force on the slower ball when the balls collide.

The ball that is moving exerts a greater force only if the other ball is not moving.

The balls always exert the same force in opposite directions on each other, regardless of their speeds.
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Because of Newton’s Third Law, the forces are always equal but opposite.
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Answer 1

The balls always exert the same force in opposite directions on each other, regardless of their speeds.

Explanation: Newton’s Third Law says forces come in equal-and-opposite pairs. During the collision the force on ball A from ball B equals in magnitude and is opposite in direction to the force on ball B from ball A, even though their accelerations (and resulting velocity changes) can differ because their masses and initial velocities may differ.