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You are driving along the freeway at 75 mph when a bug splats on your windshield. Compare the force of the bug on the windshield to the force of the windshield on the bug.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Newton's Third Law (the law of action-reaction) states that:

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

This means the force of the bug on the windshield is equal in magnitude but opposite in direction to the force of the windshield on the bug.

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