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According to Newton's Third Law, a force in one direction produces an equal force in the opposite direction

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According to Newton's Third Law, a force in one direction produces an equal force in the opposite direction. If the force that acts on a cannonball and the recoiling cannon are equal in magnitude, why does the cannon not recoil with the same velocity at the cannonball?