Question

Inorder to swim a person pushes the water backwards why


Explain according to the newtons laws of motion

Answer 1

acc to 3 law of motion
to every action there will be equal n opposite reaction
as a person pushes water backward he tend to attain forward direction

Answer 2

According to Newton's 3rd law of motion ... every action has an equal and opposite reaction. So when a swim forward a person pushes water backwards , thus the water pushes the person forward .So to swim forward he should push the water back.