a firefly is flying peacefully through the forest and sees beautiful swiftly mov

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a firefly is flying peacefully through the forest and sees beautiful swiftly moving lights just ahead it flies toward the lights and comes upon a road then gets hit by an oncoming bus. Which statement is true ( only one is true)

A. the magnitude of the force of the bus's windshield on the fly is equal to that of the fly on the windshield.

B. the force of the bus's windshield on the fly has a greater magnitude than the force of the fly on the bus's windshield.

C. the force of the fly on the bus's windshield has a greater magnitude than the force of the bus's windshield on the fly

Explanation / Answer

By Newton's third law the force of the bus's windsheild on the fly is equal in magnitude but opposite in direction to that of the fly on the windsheild.So,statement A. is true.

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