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Which law explains why escaping gas pushes a rocket forward?

Newton's third law.

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  1. Newton's first law
  2. Newton's third law ✔
  3. Newton's second law

Why: The third law says every action has an equal and opposite reaction, so gas pushed back pushes the rocket forward.

Huh, didn't know that: The third law says every action has an equal and opposite reaction, so gas pushed back pushes the rocket forward.

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For every push there is a push-back, that is the law of the land.
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Answer: Newton's third law. The third law says every action has an equal and opposite reaction, so gas pushed back pushes the rocket forward.

  1. Newton's laws of motion en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion
    If two bodies exert forces on each other, these forces have the same magnitude but opposite directions.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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