Question

A diver dives off of a raft - what happens to the diver? the raft? how does this relate to newton's third law? action force: _______________ reaction force: _____________

Answer 1

1.      The diver transfers forward and dives into the water.

2.      The raft transfers backwards in the water for the reason that of the reaction force.

3.      The action force is the diver pushing off of the raft; and the

4.      reaction force is the raft pushing back on the diver (causing the diver to go forward and into the water)

Answer 2

Actually newtons third law says for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, Hence here in this case, the diver diving of a raft is the action, after which surely reaction should come in the form where the raft and the driver will rebound with same speed back, and hence here the action force is diving and reaction force is rebounding from the diving place, with same intensity.