Medium MCQ +4 / -1

The recoil of a gun after firing a bullet is best explained by:

  1. A conservation of energy
  2. B Newton's third law / conservation of momentum Correct answer
  3. C Bernoulli's theorem
  4. D Pascal's law

Solution

The bullet's forward momentum equals the gun's backward momentum; forces on them are a Newton third-law pair.

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Subject: Physics · Chapter: Laws of Motion · Topic: Newton's Third Law

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