Engineering Riddle – No. 2 (Physics) “You push on me, I push right back…”

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Kenneth Richard Hardman

From in a tube, a fire lit,

Great heat and flames, from end emit,

The force to make this fluid flow,

The same will make the engine go.

You push on me, I push right back,

You give a blow, I’ll give a smack,

What ever your force, there’s none I lack.

You push on me, I push right back.

When with paddle, a boat you row,

What on earth, makes you go?

The water and the paddle see,

I push on you, you push on me.

What am I?

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2 Responses to Engineering Riddle – No. 2 (Physics) “You push on me, I push right back…”

Suzanne says:

September 14, 2017 at 11:52 am

Is this the correct answer: Newton’s Third Law?

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Brent Wellman says:

November 25, 2014 at 5:04 pm

Newton’s Third Law: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”

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