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title: "A student kicks a soccer ball. The ball exerts a force back on the student’s foot. Why doesn’t the student’s foot accelerate backward as much as the ball accelerates forward?"
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# A student kicks a soccer ball. The ball exerts a force back on the student’s foot. Why doesn’t the student’s foot accelerate backward as much as the ball accelerates forward?

A student kicks a soccer ball. The ball exerts a force back on the student’s foot. Why doesn’t the student’s foot accelerate backward as much as the ball accelerates forward?

- **A.** the forces are not equal — the ball pushes less on the foot
- **B.** the foot has much greater mass, so its acceleration is smaller
- **C.** the foot is stronger, so it resists the ball’s push
- **D.** the ball has inertia, so it accelerates more easily

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