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A baseball bat exerts a force of magnitude F on a

ball. If the mass of the bat is three times the mass
of the ball, the magnitude of the force of the ball
on the bat is
(1) F (3) 3F
(2) 2F (4) F/3

User AMerle
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Answer:

F

Step-by-step explanation:

Newton 3rd law

User Chenea
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1. F

This phenomenon is in accordance with Newton's Third Law of Motion, which states that when a body exerts a force on a second body, the second body exerts a force of equal magnitude in the opposite direction on the first body. The masses of the bodies are irrelevant in this case.
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