If a cannon is fired from the front of a boat, the boat will drift backward. which one of newton´s laws best describes this motion?

newton´s first law of motion: an object in motion stays in motion unless acted on by another force.

newton´s third law of motion: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

newton´s second law of motion: force is equal to mass times acceleration.

Astudent sees several ants walking up a wall following the exact same trail that an ant took earlier. she wants to apply the scientific method to determine how the ants detected the trail. which of these steps would come first in her application of the scientific method? perform an experiment by cleaning the scent away from part of the trail. draw a conclusion that the ants follow a scent trail. make a prediction about what the ants will do after she cleans away part of the trail. hypothesize that the ants are following a scent trail that the first ant left.