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Donte Russell
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26 December, 04:57
Why does a gun recoil when a bullet is fired?
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Olive Dorsey
26 December, 05:13
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Momentum is transferred from the first object to the second object. In this case, if a gun exerts a force on a bullet when firing it forward then the bullet will exert an equal force in the opposite direction on the gun causing it to move backwards or recoil.
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