Is it true that the boatman pushes the river bank with an oar to move the boat away from the bank of the river?

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The above statement is true.
To push the boat away from the bank of a river, the boatman uses an oar to exert a force on the river bank. Since we know from the third law of motion, “To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction,” the river bank, too, exerts an equal and opposite force on the oar. This causes the boat to move away from the bank.

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