Question

state newton third law of motion. najma & surekha are standing on roller-skates 2meter apart facing each other najma throws a packet of 2 kg towards surekha who catches it. how will this activity affect the position of the two? explain your answer.​

Answer 1

Newton's third law :

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Answer :

Separation between them will increase.

Explanation :

Initially the momentum of both of them are zero as they are at rest. In order to conserve the momentum the one who throws the ball would move backward. The second will experience a net force after catching the ball and therefore will move backward that is in the direction of the force.

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