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A person pushes against the raft as he dives into the water. As he moves forward the raft moves backwards in the water. The action force is his feet against the raft. What is the reaction force?

Water against the raft.
Raft against the water.
Raft against his feet.

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Answer:

Raft against his feet.

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The correct choice is

Raft against his feet.

according to newton's third law , every action has equal and opposite reaction. the action and reaction forces acts on two different objects in interaction with each other.

in the question given, the interacting objects are person's feet and raft. the feet apply action force on the raft, hence the reaction force must act on feet as applied by the raft . and the direction of two forces must be opposite.

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