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Two rowboats on a lake are lined up, in contact, front to back in the same direction. A passenger in the rear boat pushes the front boat directly forward with a force of 40 N.

How much force does the front boat exert on the rear boat?


0 N

20 N

40 N

80 N

Answer 1

40

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

40 N

Step-by-step explanation:
Newton's third law of motion describes that if an object exerts force onto another object, the second object will exert a force of equal magnitude and opposite direction.

If boat A exerts 40 N on boat B, boat B will exert 40 N on boat A.