Why are more firefighters needed to help hold the fire hose when the increase of water flow increases the force of the water?

By Newton’s third law, the water pushing forward out of the hose produces an equal and opposite force pushing the hose backward. When the water flow increases and its force increases, the backward reaction force also increases, so more firefighters are needed to hold the hose. Choice A correctly describes this increase.

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