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You punch a wall but your hand stops. The wall has exerted a force that is equal and opposite to the force you applied to it.

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  1. A person walking exerts a force on the ground in the backward direction, and in response, the ground exerts an equal and opposite force in the forward direction on the person, allowing them to move forward.
  2. When a swimmer pushes against the water with their hands and feet, the water pushes back with an equal force, propelling the swimmer forward.
  3. The recoil of a gun when fired is due to Newton's third law - the force of the exploding gunpowder pushing the bullet forward also pushes the gun backward.
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