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If a cannon is fired from the front of a boat, the boat will drift backward. which on of Newton's laws best describes this motion?

Newton's second law of motion: force is equal to mass time acceleration

Newton's third law of motion: for every action, there is a equal and opposite reaction

Newton's first law of motion: an object in motion stays in motion unless acted on by another force

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Newton's Third Law: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

The cannon jumps back which pushes the boat backwards.
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