When a rifle is fired,it recoils as the bullet is set in motion.The rifle and bullet ideally acquire equal

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According to the law of conservation of momentum, in the absence of an external force, the total momentum of a system remains constant. When a rifle is fired, the momentum of the bullet is in one direction, and by the law of conservation of momentum, the rifle must recoil with an equal but opposite momentum. Therefore, the rifle and bullet acquire equal but opposite amounts of momentum.

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