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True or false? A gun recoils backwards as it fires because as the gun exerts a force on the bullet, the bullet also exerts an equal and opposite force on the gun.

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True or false? A gun recoils backwards as it fires because as the gun exerts a force on the bullet, the bullet also exerts an equal and opposite force on the gun.

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True. This is an application of Newton's third law of motion, which states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. When a gun is fired, the force exerted to propel the bullet forward also causes an equal force to push the gun backwards, resulting in the recoil.

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