When a fireman directs a powerful stream of water from a hose-pipe, the hose-pipe tends to go backward. This is due to:

Law of conservation of charges.

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Law of Inertia.

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Newton’s 3^rd law.

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Law of conservation of energy.

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Solution

The correct option is C
Newton’s 3^rd law.

This is based on Newton"s 3^rd law of motion which staes that "to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction".

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