Question

A gun recoils backward the same as the bullet moving forward. Is it so?

Answer 1

1. According to the law of conservation of momentum, the momentum before firing should be equal to the momentum after firing.
2. As the mass of the bullet is less, the velocity gained by the bullet is more.
3. And the mass of the gun is more so the velocity achieved by the gun is always less than the bullet.
4. This velocity is known as the recoil velocity of the gun.