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When you kick a stone you get hurt. Due to which property does this happen?

When we kick the stone we apply some force on it.

According to Newton’s second law of motion


‘To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.’


Hence when we apply force on the stone, the stone, in turn, apply equal and opposite force on us. We get hurt due to this force exerted by the stone on us.


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