“Every action has an equal and opposite reaction” comes into play almost every second of our life. We see it come into play when a rubber ball bounces or when a rifle or pistol is fired.
Perform this simple experiment to understand it better.
What you need:
A sheet of paper, a drinking straw, a large balloon (preferably the elongated type), gum and a long string
What to do:
Roll the sheet of paper into a cylinder and stick the ends with gum.
Seal one end of the cylinder with a circular sheet of paper as shown.
Attach the drinking straw to the cylinder with Sellotape.
Next pass a string through the drinking straw and attach the two ends to objects on either side of a room.
Inflate the balloon and slip it into the cylinder, holding its nozzle tightly.
Release the nozzle and you will see the cylinder shoot forward swiftly providing us with a graphic illustration of Newton’s third law of motion.
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