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According to Newton&#39;s Third Law, when a hammer strikes a nail, what force does the nail exert on the hammer?</p><p></p>(1 point)

An equal force in the opposite direction.

No force is exerted by the nail at all.

A greater force in the opposite direction.

A smaller force in the opposite direction.

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An equal force in the opposite direction.

(According to Newton's Third Law, the nail exerts a force on the hammer equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force the hammer exerts on the nail.)