While swimming, why do we press the water backward with our
arms and hands ?

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While swimming, why do we press the water backward with our arms and hands ?..

Answer / sanju

We push the water backward, so that water may push us forward.

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While swimming, why do we press the water backward with our arms and hands ?..

Answer / jamie

Due to Newtons Third Law: Every action has an equal but
opposite reaction.

So if we push water away from us it will push us in an
opposite direction with the same force we applied.

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While swimming, why do we press the water backward with our arms and hands ?..

Answer / navya

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction according to Newton's III law.So if we push water backwards then the water pushes us forward

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