Thinking about Newton's third law, it a soccer ball's mass is 6 kg and a player with a mass of 60 kg kicks the soccer ball forward with a force of 6 N, how much force does the ball exert on the player's foot and in what direction? (1 point)

Question

A. 6 N forward
B. 6 N backward

Answer 1

According to Newton's third law of motion, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This means that if the player exerts a force of 6 N on the soccer ball in the forward direction, the soccer ball exerts an equal and opposite force of 6 N back on the player's foot in the opposite direction.

Therefore, the correct answer is:

B. 6 N backward.