By Newton's 3rd law, there is a force to the right acting on the cannonball ✓
There is an equal and opposite force (to the left) on the cannon ✓
Further Explanation:
There is a force acting on the cannonball during the firing. According to Newton's third law, there must be an equal and opposite force on the cannon.
Any reference to the conservation of momentum
v2=m2(−m1)(v1)=9.0−(1200)(1.0)=≪−133ms−1≫
Further Explanation:
Due to the conservation of momentum, the total momentum of the objects before the firing should be equal to the total momentum of the objects after the firing.
The total momentum of the objects before the firing is zero due to the absence of motion. Therefore there total momentum of the objects after firing is also zero
The negative sign represents the direction of the velocity. Therefore it is opposite to the direction of the motion of the cannon.
Further Explanation:
Due to the absence of air resistance, the horizontal velocity of the ball is constant and vertical velocity increases with the acceleration of free fall. The horizontal displacement x of the cannonball
The vertical displacement y of the cannonball
where
The magnitude of the displacement s can be found by using Pythagoras's theorem;
$s=\sqrt{x^2+y^2}$
$s=\sqrt{{666^2}+{122^2}}$=677m