A player catches a ball.Consider the action force to be the impact of the ball against the player's glove.The reaction to this force is the
A)player's grip on the glove.
B)force the glove exerts on the ball.
C)friction of the ground against the player's shoes.
D)muscular effort in the player's arms.
E)none of these

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According to Newton's third law, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. In this case, the action force is the impact of the ball against the player's glove, and the reaction force is the force the glove exerts on the ball to catch it. The other options are not related to this specific action-reaction pair.

A Player Catches a Ball