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Third Law of Motion

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When a shot is fired from a gun, the gun gets recoiled. Explain.

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When a man fires a bullet from a gun, a force F is exerted on the bullet (action), and the gun experiences an equal and opposite recoil (reaction) and hence gets recoiled.

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