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When swimmers push against the wall of a pool with their feet, they are pushed away from the wall. Which of the newtons law explains why this occurs?

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This property of massive bodies to resist changes in their state of motion is sometimes called inertia. The Second Law of Motion describes what happens to a massive body when it is acted upon by an external force

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I think it’s the third law “for every action, there’s an equal and opposite reaction”
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