Question

when a bullet is fired, it exerts an equal and opposite force on gun ,yet hurt caused by the recoil of gun is much less then that by bullet??​

Answer 1

Answer:

The bullet being smaller exerts more force on a very small on the body, so it exerts very high pressure on the body whereas a gun has larger surface area in contact with the body so force gets distributed over a larger surface area so the effective pressure exerted by the gun is comparatively lesser.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The bullet being of smaller are exerts more force on a very small are on the body, so it exerts very high pressure on the body whereas a gun has larger surface area in contact with the body so force gets distributed over a larger surface area so the effective pressure exerted by the gun is comparatively lesser