Question

colette is playing with a newtons cradle. colette releases the ball at one end of newtons cradle from a height of 1.5 inches above the balls at the bottom. which statement describes how newtons third law of motion is involved in this interaction? the moving ball exerts a force onto the stationary balls that is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force the stationary balls exert on the moving ball. the harder the stationary balls are struck by the moving ball, the more the ball at the opposite end will accelerate. the ball at the other end of the cradle will remain at rest until the line of balls is struck by the ball at the opposite end.

Explanation:

Newton's third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. When the moving ball hits the stationary balls in Newton's cradle, the force it exerts on the stationary balls is met with an equal - magnitude and opposite - direction force from the stationary balls back on the moving ball.

Answer:

The moving ball exerts a force onto the stationary balls that is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force the stationary balls exert on the moving ball.