Question

A first time hunter picks up a rifle for practice shoots. She hurts her shoulder when the rifle recoils. Which of Newton’s laws is to blame?
Answer
a. Second
b. Third
c. First

Answer 1

Newton's third law is responsible for the recoil: "the mutual forces of action and reaction between two bodies are equal, opposite and collinear" meaning to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction.