When a shot is fired from a gun, the gun gets recoiled. Why
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1.A gun recoils when a bullet is fired from it: When a bullet is fired from a gun, the gun exerts a force on the bullet in the forward direction. This is the action force. The bullet also exerts an equal force on the gun in the backward direction. This is the reaction force.
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According to Newton's third Law of Motion, every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
Here, the shot fired from the gun is the action performed, while the recoil of the gun is the reaction force.
Other examples of action-reaction activities include walking, swimming, etc.
The recoil velocity of the gun can be calculated, if the mass of the gun and bullet, as well as the velocity of the bullet are given (and vice versa). This calculation is done on the basis of the Law of Conservation of Momentum.