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According to Newton's 3rd Law of Motion, Doug, a baseball

player hits a ball with his bat with a force of 1,000N. The ball
exerts a reaction force equally against the bat of

A.less than 1,000N
B.more than 1,00N
C.1,000N
D.double 1,000N

User Chris Maes
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B,
the reaction according to Newton’s third law must be an equal and opposite reaction. The force will be greater in order to bounce off of Doug’s bat
User Grant Langseth
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