Question

A hockey player is wearing ice skates and pushes against the wall propelling her backward on the ice. According to Newton's third law of motion, which of the following best compares the forces acting between the wall and the hockey player?

Answer 1

I do not know of the following in your class, but the wall is still and non-moving, while the hockey player is pushing off of it, as stated. So, this is not inertia, for a fact, because the wall is not moving towards the hockey player.

Answer 2

The forces are equal and applied in the opposite direction.

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