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

Law of Inertia

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Law of conservation of charges

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Newton's 3rd law

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Law of conservation of energy

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The correct option is C
Newton's 3rd law

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

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