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title: "A cannon fires a cannonball forward. The recoil of the cannon is backward. Why doesn’t the cannon move backward as fast as the cannonball moves forward?"
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# A cannon fires a cannonball forward. The recoil of the cannon is backward. Why doesn’t the cannon move backward as fast as the cannonball moves forward?

A cannon fires a cannonball forward. The recoil of the cannon is backward. Why doesn’t the cannon move backward as fast as the cannonball moves forward?

- **A.** The cannon experiences less force than the ball.
- **B.** The cannon experiences more friction than the ball.
- **C.** The cannon has far more mass, so its acceleration is much smaller.
- **D.** The cannon is nailed to the ground, so it cannot recoil.

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