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Why is throwing a bullet by hands not effective as using a gun? [duplicate]

The bullet when fired applies equal and opposite force to the Gun, (Newton's 3rd law) Thus to keep the gun stable we apply some force which should be equal to the force applied by the bullet. If we ...
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Is this an exception to Newton's Second Law of Motion?

If a ball in an experiment is dropped from two different heights, 6 feet and 12 feet, why would we need to exert more force when we catch the ball that is dropped from the height of 12 feet? According ...
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