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luminitza

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A 10-kg brick and a 1-kg apple are dropped in a vacuum. The force of gravity on the brick is
 
  A) the same as the force on the apple.
  B) 10 times more than the force on the apple.
  C) one-tenth as much as on the apple.
  D) zero.

Question 2

Recall Galileo's Leaning Tower experiment. With negligible air resistance, a heavy and a light object fall
 
  A) with equal accelerations.
  B) with the same increases in speed.
  C) to the ground in equal times.
  D) all of the above



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gstein359

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D




luminitza

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Reply 2 on: Jul 29, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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