Question

If a man jumps out from a boat to the bank of the river, the boat moves backwards. Identify the action and reaction in this case

Answer 1

The push of the man on the boat is the action.

So, according to Newton's 3rd law of motion, the boat also exerts an equal force to the man in forwarding direction, which helps the man to move forward. This force exerted by the boat on the man is the reaction.

Answer 2

Answer:

jumping out of man is action and moving of boat is reaction