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

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

Question Posted / sanju

3 Answers
5896 Views
I also Faced
E-Mail Answers

Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback

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.

Is This Answer Correct ?

3 Yes

0 No

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.

Is This Answer Correct ?

2 Yes

1 No

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

Is This Answer Correct ?

0 Yes

0 No

Post New Answer

More General Physics Interview Questions

Why are the passengers in a boat not allowed to stand up?

4 Answers HDFC,

Explain the Heat Vaporisation?

1 Answers

Explain what is a positron?

0 Answers

What is photometry?

0 Answers

Does a soccer ball go faster in the air on a cold or hot day?

0 Answers

What is time?

0 Answers

How much does automotive oil weigh?

0 Answers

Why are prisms used in binoculars ?

2 Answers

When thomas edison was promoting the wide use of direct current, this personal enemy of edisons was the chief proponent and expert in alternating current?

0 Answers

How is radiocarbon produced in the atmosphere?

0 Answers

Explain the Archimedes’s Principle ?

1 Answers

Explain how do fireworks turn into shapes like hearts and stars?

0 Answers

For more General Physics Interview Questions Click Here