Can you explain a term of newtons third law why someone who tries to jump a canoe to a riverbank may fall into the water?


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It is all in Newton's third law: as your legs propel your body towards the dock, they also apply to the boat an equal force in the opposite direction, which pushes it away from the dock. ChaCha!

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