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OCR: Forces in collision When pinball hits target, the pinball creates torce called an action force that pushes against the target At the same time the target produces Teaci tion force that pushes the pinball back outward These action and reaction forces are equa in size but they act in opposite directions The pinball's sudden jerk backward after it has hit the target called the recoil All objects tha collide experience recoil no matter how big they are The heavier the object, the smaller the recoil prenino equal obiects